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Chamagnieu

Isère · CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné · INSEE 38067

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chamagnieu (INSEE 38067) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 1,822 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38067-chamagnieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 10,232 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON PORTELADA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE CHAZOT, MÉDECIN · SONIA PEYROT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMAGNIEU COMPTOIR DES SAVEURS RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMAGNIEU). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (RATIGNER MARIE-ODILE · SAM'COIFF). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON PORTELADAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1CAFE DE LA PLACEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2CECILE CHAZOT, MÉDECIN · SONIA PEYROT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CHAMAGNIEU COMPTOIR DES SAVEURS RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMAGNIEUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3RATIGNER MARIE-ODILE · SAM'COIFFINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday matin Place de l'école. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 432 2023: 1,822 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,466 (2012) → 1,822 (2023): 24.3 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 1,010 (1990) → 1,822 (2023): 80.4 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 732, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.6 km NW (Satolas-et-Bonce)Pharmacy — 3.8 km S (Frontonas)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 3.8 km S 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 (Chamagnieu): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Satolas-et-Bonce): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

GP (Chamagnieu): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Frontonas): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Chamagnieu): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 13.6 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 220 m. [13]

The village sits 138 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 13.6 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. [13]

That station sits 138 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-CHERUY, 7.7 km away at 202 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38067/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.chamagnieu.com/les-marches/— “Le marché de Chamagnieu a lieu tous les Vendredis matin sur la Place de l'école”
  6. DATAtourisme 2024-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/82181cdb-623d-3beb-925c-982eb64c9a45— “Le marché de Chamagnieu a lieu tous les vendredis.”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38067/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38067/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38067/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38067
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38475
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38176
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Éloi58208 km NW2,29639Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Us95450 km NW1,37431.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Grandfresnoy60452 km NW1,82935.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Art-sur-Meurthe54341 km N1,70031.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Jasseron0160 km N1,91745.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-Saint-Vaast62550 km N1,62837.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jasseron0160 km N1,91745.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloi58208 km NW2,29639Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Art-sur-Meurthe54341 km N1,70031.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Us95450 km NW1,37431.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Grandfresnoy60452 km NW1,82935.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Neuville-Saint-Vaast62550 km N1,62837.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · 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 Chamagnieu'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Grenay387.0 km W1,62845.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Dieupentale82368 km SW1,65541.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vernioz3835 km SW1,52149.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chamblet03204 km W1,07427.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Luzinay3819 km SW2,41648.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moissat63141 km W1,25331.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %