Chimilin

Isère · CC Les Vals du Dauphiné · INSEE 38104

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chimilin (INSEE 38104) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 1,417 (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/38104-chimilin

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 39 % of the 12,034 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.57
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISONS DU CAYON). ^[3]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA VILLA PALMIERS · AU CHAMP MEILLEUR). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALPHONSE BELMONT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU ROSAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHIMILIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHIMILIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SALAISONS DU CAYON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	PIZZA VILLA PALMIERS · AU CHAMP MEILLEUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALPHONSE BELMONT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU ROSAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	CHIMILIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHIMILIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 814 peak 2017: 1,452 2023: 1,417 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,399 (2012) → 1,417 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,044 (1990) → 1,417 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 686, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km SEBakery — 1.3 km NEGP — 1.4 km NEPharmacy — 1.9 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 (Aoste): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chimilin): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aoste): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aoste): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.1

Days at or below 0 °C 79

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 7.7 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 256 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 5.9 km away at 367 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38012
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38104
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
Senillé-Saint-Sauveur	86	407 km W	1,706	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 61 %
Allogny	18	311 km NW	1,142	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 59 %
Peillon	06	245 km SE	1,408	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 %
Epiniac	35	642 km NW	1,438	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 43 %
Paslières	63	168 km W	1,491	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Faverges-de-la-Tour	38	5.9 km W	1,487	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Faverges-de-la-Tour	38	5.9 km W	1,487	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Paslières	63	168 km W	1,491	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Peillon	06	245 km SE	1,408	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 %
Allogny	18	311 km NW	1,142	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 59 %
Senillé-Saint-Sauveur	86	407 km W	1,706	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 61 %
Epiniac	35	642 km NW	1,438	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 43 %

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