Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans

Identity

Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans (INSEE 38112) is in Isère (38), part of CC de l'Oisans. Population 73 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/38112-clavans-en-haut-oisans

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 7,704 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU SAVEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ART ME). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU SAVEL). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 110 (2012) → 73 (2023): -33.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 88 (1990) → 73 (2023): -17 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 67.2 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Huez): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Huez): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Huez): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Huez): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mizoën): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 108 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BESSE weather station, 1.3 km away at 1,520 m; the village itself is at 1,413 m. ^[10]

The village sits 107 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALPE-D'HUEZ, 6 km away at 1,860 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 447 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 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BESSE, 1.3 km away at 1,520 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 167,000 € — 2,642 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38112/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38112/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38112/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38112/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38191
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38237
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025