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Chapareillan

Isère · CC Le Grésivaudan · INSEE 38075

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chapareillan (INSEE 38075) is in Isère (38), part of CC Le Grésivaudan. Population 3,065 (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/38075-chapareillan

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 6,995 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 food0.22255.53
Social0.32206.32
Education0.22102.21
Health0.43104.27
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9354.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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) (LES ARTISTES PATISSIERS). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE POULAIN). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L'ECLOSION · MAISON DES JEUNES COCHET · DOLCE PIZZA). [3,4]

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

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIANE KOMLY, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE MUSQUAR, MÉDECIN · ANTHONY BONNARDEL, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CULLATI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAPAREILLAN RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAPAREILLAN). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (MARTINS MICHELINE · MV GLAMOUR · M'TOI). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE AU PAS DE L'ALPETTE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES ARTISTES PATISSIERSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE POULAININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4L'ECLOSION · MAISON DES JEUNES COCHET · DOLCE PIZZAINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4VALERIANE KOMLY, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE MUSQUAR, MÉDECIN · ANTHONY BONNARDEL, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE CULLATI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CHAPAREILLAN RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAPAREILLANINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser5MARTINS MICHELINE · MV GLAMOUR · M'TOIINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1AUBERGE AU PAS DE L'ALPETTEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,302 2023: 3,065 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,891 (2012) → 3,065 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,898 (1990) → 3,065 (2023): 61.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,473, of which 3.5 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km N (Chapareillan)Bakery — 0.7 km NW (Chapareillan)Pharmacy — 4.1 km N (Porte-de-Savoie)
In the commune Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.5 km NBakery — 0.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.1 km N 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 (Chapareillan): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Chapareillan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Chapareillan): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Porte-de-Savoie): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Chapareillan): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GRANDE-CHARTREUSE weather station, 19.1 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 286 m. [11]

The village sits 659 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]

An average of 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHAPAREILLAN, 0.5 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38075/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2024-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d0a594de-7649-3bb9-9cfb-d3c2b065c381— “Place de la mairie tous les vendredis matins”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38075/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38075/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38075/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38075
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73151
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde33516 km W3,17535.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz3837 km W2,75449.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 36 %
Bosmie-l'Aiguille87373 km W2,66748.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Caraman31398 km SW2,51362.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %
Arc-sur-Tille21218 km N2,58455.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 53 %
Fay-aux-Loges45402 km NW3,91643.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-André-le-Gaz3837 km W2,75449.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 36 %
Arc-sur-Tille21218 km N2,58455.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 53 %
Bosmie-l'Aiguille87373 km W2,66748.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Caraman31398 km SW2,51362.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %
Fay-aux-Loges45402 km NW3,91643.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde33516 km W3,17535.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %

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