Champagnier

Identity

Champagnier (INSEE 38068) is in Isère (38), part of Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Population 1,557 (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/38068-champagnier

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 33 % of the 11,356 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (BLACKWOOD BBQ SMOKER · CHEZ BAPT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMPAGNIER 4 PLACE DU LACA). ^[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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,278 (2012) → 1,557 (2023): 21.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 902 (1990) → 1,557 (2023): 72.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 664, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Jarrie): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champ-sur-Drac): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jarrie): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jarrie): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Champagnier): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-M-D'HERES-GALOCHERE weather station, 7.5 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 381 m. ^[11]

The village sits 161 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]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VARCES, 2.7 km away at 253 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

52 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 465,790 € — 3,821 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 357,630 € — 3,750 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38068/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38068/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38068/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38068/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38200
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38071
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38068
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025