Le Bouchage

Isère · CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné · INSEE 38050

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bouchage (INSEE 38050) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 655 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 16,732 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (NGO THI MY VAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANNA BORDEL). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	NGO THI MY VAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANNA BORDEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 384 2023: 655 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 592 (2012) → 655 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 424 (1990) → 655 (2023): 54.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 5.1 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NFood shop — 3.1 km WGP — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.2 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Brangues): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morestel): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morestel): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Morestel): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Bouchage): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 57.2

Muggy days a summer 3.4

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURTENAY weather station, 12.9 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[11]

The village sits 109 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 18.1 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 152 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 8.6 km away at 367 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38050
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chambéon	42	105 km W	665	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Landavran	35	587 km NW	674	39.5	Few services	no figures
Bovel	35	624 km NW	618	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Goussonville	78	459 km NW	650	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu	38	54 km S	635	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Versonnex	74	42 km NE	714	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Versonnex	74	42 km NE	714	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu	38	54 km S	635	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chambéon	42	105 km W	665	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Goussonville	78	459 km NW	650	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Landavran	35	587 km NW	674	39.5	Few services	no figures
Bovel	35	624 km NW	618	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Le Bouchage's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaulieu	38	54 km S	635	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Versonnex	74	42 km NE	714	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	65 km S	655	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lobsann	67	406 km NE	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Meyssiez	38	43 km SW	671	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Commanderie	26	88 km S	636	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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