Charnècles

Identity

Charnècles (INSEE 38084) is in Isère (38), part of CA du Pays Voironnais. Population 1,517 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38084-charnecles

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 11,552 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME DES CHENES). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CONFISERIE · POP'S). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE CHARNÈCLES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D'AURORE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,496 (2012) → 1,517 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,044 (1990) → 1,517 (2023): 45.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 672, of which 1.9 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Charnècles): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Charnècles): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rives): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rives): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Charnècles): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COUBLEVIE weather station, 5.4 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 388 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 5.4 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,122 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COUBLEVIE, 5.4 km away at 300 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 — 38084/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b6afdafd-8394-39ea-89c8-9392b2cc05cd— “Le marché de Charnècles vous accueille avec convivialité tous les vendredis en fin de journée et vous propose des produits locaux de qualité !”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38084/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38084/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38084/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38084
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38337
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024