La Buisse
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Buisse (INSEE 38061) is in Isère (38), part of CA du Pays Voironnais. Population 3,500 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38061-la-buisse
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 6,283 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.31 | 20 | 6.15 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COLLOMB · LA GRIGNETTE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (WILL' PIZZ). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MILLE CHEMINS). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE LEBRUN, MÉDECIN · FLORE PORTIER, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE VILLARD, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE SPOLTI, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE AUJOULAT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (M PHARMA). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA BUISSE AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LA BUISSE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (ANTONELLA COIFFURE · BAC NEWS · BEAUTY&NAILS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | COLLOMB · LA GRIGNETTE | INSEE BPE 2 / 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 | 1 | WILL' PIZZ | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MILLE CHEMINS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | MARIE LEBRUN, MÉDECIN · FLORE PORTIER, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE VILLARD, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE SPOLTI, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE AUJOULAT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | M PHARMA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA BUISSE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LA BUISSE | 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 | 4 | ANTONELLA COIFFURE · BAC NEWS · BEAUTY&NAILS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 2,989 (2012) → 3,500 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,238 (1990) → 3,500 (2023): 56.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,522, of which 1.7 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Buisse): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Buisse): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (La Buisse): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Buisse): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Buisse): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the COUBLEVIE weather station, 2.9 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 206 m. [9]
The village sits 94 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 2.9 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. [9]
That station sits 94 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,122 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at COUBLEVIE, 2.9 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38061/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38061/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38061/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38061/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38061
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertaizon | 63 | 188 km W | 3,527 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Arbent | 01 | 107 km N | 3,555 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 5 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Léonard | 62 | 665 km NW | 3,353 | 41.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Porcheville | 78 | 498 km NW | 3,382 | 44.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Malissard | 26 | 71 km SW | 3,294 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bailly | 78 | 473 km NW | 3,731 | 44.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malissard | 26 | 71 km SW | 3,294 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arbent | 01 | 107 km N | 3,555 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 5 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vertaizon | 63 | 188 km W | 3,527 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bailly | 78 | 473 km NW | 3,731 | 44.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Porcheville | 78 | 498 km NW | 3,382 | 44.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Léonard | 62 | 665 km NW | 3,353 | 41.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 La Buisse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malissard | 26 | 71 km SW | 3,294 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Renage | 38 | 11 km W | 3,348 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arthès | 81 | 310 km SW | 2,528 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Roche-de-Glun | 26 | 71 km SW | 3,569 | 42.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Simiane-Collongue | 13 | 212 km S | 5,780 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vals-les-Bains | 07 | 124 km SW | 3,474 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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