Bougé-Chambalud

Isère · CC Entre Bièvre et Rhône · INSEE 38051

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 47.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bougé-Chambalud (INSEE 38051) is in Isère (38), part of CC Entre Bièvre et Rhône. Population 1,467 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38051-bouge-chambalud

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 11,811 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE GIRAUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (PIZZA D ETIENNE · LES DELICES DE JULIEN · BD CAMP · LDJ TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CHAMBALUD). ^[3]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD DUPERAT, MÉDECIN · C.M.B.C). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUGE CHAMBALUD RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BOUGÉ CHAMBALUD). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU TEMPS LIBRE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE GIRAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	5	PIZZA D ETIENNE · LES DELICES DE JULIEN · BD CAMP · LDJ TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE CHAMBALUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOUGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	BERNARD DUPERAT, MÉDECIN · C.M.B.C	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	BOUGE CHAMBALUD RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BOUGÉ CHAMBALUD	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU TEMPS LIBRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A seasonal market is recorded here: the source last advertised it for a period that has now ended, and gives no weekday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 789 2023: 1,467 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,365 (2012) → 1,467 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 814 (1990) → 1,467 (2023): 80.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 675, of which 3.6 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.5 km E 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 (Bougé-Chambalud): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bougé-Chambalud): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bougé-Chambalud): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Jarcieu): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bougé-Chambalud): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 49.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 55.9

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SABLONS weather station, 10.4 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

The village sits 71 m above 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 REVENTIN, 17.9 km away at 295 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 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 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SABLONS, 10.4 km away at 136 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 — 38051/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2021-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/1e04ebb3-c644-3eda-8a09-2982f515f75a— “Marché - Point de vente d'Atout Fruit”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38051/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38051/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38051/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38198
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
Tuffalun	49	457 km NW	1,746	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Denicé	69	77 km N	1,571	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny	37	406 km NW	1,579	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	426 km W	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Jumièges	76	550 km NW	1,761	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Cartignies	59	535 km N	1,209	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Denicé	69	77 km N	1,571	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny	37	406 km NW	1,579	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	426 km W	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Tuffalun	49	457 km NW	1,746	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Cartignies	59	535 km N	1,209	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Jumièges	76	550 km NW	1,761	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 73 % · 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 Bougé-Chambalud'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
Sonnay	38	2.7 km N	1,234	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Blyes	01	63 km NE	1,401	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Côme-d'Olt	12	188 km SW	1,449	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chazey-sur-Ain	01	68 km NE	1,632	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Vacqueyras	84	133 km S	1,179	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Niost	01	62 km NE	1,866	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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