La Chapelle-du-Bard

Isère · CC Le Grésivaudan · INSEE 38078

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-du-Bard (INSEE 38078) is in Isère (38), part of CC Le Grésivaudan. Population 541 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38078-la-chapelle-du-bard

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,550 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (LE GOUT DU COIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ME GUSTAS FOOD · SNACK BAR L'ECUREUIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE DU BARD AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE GOUT DU COIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	ME GUSTAS FOOD · SNACK BAR L'ECUREUIL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA CHAPELLE DU BARD AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 351 peak 2017: 571 2023: 541 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 526 (2012) → 541 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 346 (1990) → 541 (2023): 56.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 17.6 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SWBakery — 3.5 km SWGP — 4.2 km NPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Allevard): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Allevard): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Valgelon-La Rochette): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Valgelon-La Rochette): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chapelle-du-Bard): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.5

Days at or below 0 °C 44.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PIPAY_SAPC weather station, 18.5 km away at 1,578 m; the village itself is at 443 m. ^[11]

The village sits 1,135 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 1,222 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALLEVARD, 3.5 km away at 495 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 — 38078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38078
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
Les Bordes	89	362 km NW	551	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Martial-de-Gimel	19	330 km W	489	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat	24	387 km W	586	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	113 km W	495	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	330 km W	480	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Montigny-la-Resle	89	328 km NW	572	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	113 km W	495	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Montigny-la-Resle	89	328 km NW	572	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	330 km W	480	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Martial-de-Gimel	19	330 km W	489	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Les Bordes	89	362 km NW	551	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat	24	387 km W	586	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %

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