Claix
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Claix (INSEE 38111) is in Isère (38), part of Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Population 7,836 (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/38111-claix
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 3,113 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 | 0.22 | 25 | 5.53 |
| Social | 0.58 | 20 | 11.57 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.26 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE CLAIX). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE COIN GOURMAND). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE). [4]
11 × Restaurant (ADIGUZEL RECEP · PIZZ A CASA · PIZZERIA L'ECLIPSE · LE VINCELAND). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MALHIVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PONT ROUGE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGES POMPIDOU). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE RUHLMANN, MÉDECIN · PASCALE ANDRE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-HENRI IMBERT, MÉDECIN · AUDREY GIORDANO, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOURG · SELARL PONT ROUGE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (CLAIX PONT ROUGE RP · CLAIX AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CLAIX GEORGES BRASSENS). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE POMPIDOU · CCAS CENTRE SOCIAL · GYMNASE LEO LAGRANGE). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (CREA CHRIS · L. M. COIFFURE · COULEUR DU TEMPS). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (LOGIS HOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE CLAIX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LE COIN GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA FROMAGERIE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | ADIGUZEL RECEP · PIZZ A CASA · PIZZERIA L'ECLIPSE · LE VINCELAND | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MALHIVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PONT ROUGE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE GEORGES POMPIDOU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CECILE RUHLMANN, MÉDECIN · PASCALE ANDRE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-HENRI IMBERT, MÉDECIN · AUDREY GIORDANO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DU BOURG · SELARL PONT ROUGE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | CLAIX PONT ROUGE RP · CLAIX AP | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CLAIX GEORGES BRASSENS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE POMPIDOU · CCAS CENTRE SOCIAL · GYMNASE LEO LAGRANGE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 7 | CREA CHRIS · L. M. COIFFURE · COULEUR DU TEMPS | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | LOGIS HOTEL | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Friday. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 7,727 (2012) → 7,836 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 6,960 (1990) → 7,836 (2023): 12.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,689, of which 1.7 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Claix): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Claix): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Claix): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Claix): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Claix): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-M-D'HERES-GALOCHERE weather station, 9.3 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 289 m. [10]
The village sits 69 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VILLARD-DE-LANS, 9.9 km away at 1,027 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 738 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VARCES, 2.9 km away at 253 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38111/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2022-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f87b29a4-3ba6-3f36-ba36-0abdfc278c3b— “Retrouvez toutes les semaines votre marché alimentaire, de producteurs bio, producteurs locaux (vendredi matin), et de produits manufacturés.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38111/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38111/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38111/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38111
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny | 74 | 118 km NE | 7,865 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche | 35 | 648 km NW | 8,359 | 63.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arques | 62 | 673 km N | 9,431 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 50 % |
| Gouesnou | 29 | 855 km NW | 6,501 | 56 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Marcel | 71 | 194 km N | 6,211 | 60.9 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hettange-Grande | 57 | 478 km N | 7,772 | 60.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny | 74 | 118 km NE | 7,865 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Marcel | 71 | 194 km N | 6,211 | 60.9 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hettange-Grande | 57 | 478 km N | 7,772 | 60.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 86 % |
| Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche | 35 | 648 km NW | 8,359 | 63.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arques | 62 | 673 km N | 9,431 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 50 % |
| Gouesnou | 29 | 855 km NW | 6,501 | 56 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Claix's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe | 26 | 49 km W | 3,424 | 41.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Venelles | 13 | 170 km S | 8,418 | 73.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crest | 26 | 67 km SW | 8,658 | 73.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines | 84 | 134 km S | 10,504 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Vallier | 26 | 68 km W | 4,027 | 59 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Corenc | 38 | 12 km NE | 4,215 | 48.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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