Colombe

Isère · CC de Bièvre Est · INSEE 38118

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Colombe (INSEE 38118) is in Isère (38), part of CC de Bièvre Est. Population 1,890 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 9,983 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAVEURS DU MONDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SAS MIDIS). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (MEFL · LE GRAND-ILET · MCDONALD'S · L'ANCRE BLEUE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ROSE-MARIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SAVEURS DU MONDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SAS MIDIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	MEFL · LE GRAND-ILET · MCDONALD'S · L'ANCRE BLEUE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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	COLOMBE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ROSE-MARIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 644 2023: 1,890 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,470 (2012) → 1,890 (2023): 28.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,171 (1990) → 1,890 (2023): 61.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 826, of which 4 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.0 km NEBakery — 1.4 km EPharmacy — 1.4 km EGP — 1.6 km E 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 (Apprieu): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Colombe): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Apprieu): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Apprieu): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Colombe): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.7

Days at or below 0 °C 76.6

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS weather station, 11.3 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 479 m. ^[10]

The village sits 103 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 GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 11.3 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 103 m below 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 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHARAVINES, 6.6 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38118
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
Lacrouzette	81	312 km SW	1,540	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Benon	17	494 km W	1,859	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 59 %
Romanèche-Thorins	71	104 km NW	2,005	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sernin	07	124 km SW	1,872	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Janneyrias	38	47 km NW	1,896	42.5	Partly served	no figures
Falleron	85	575 km W	1,725	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Janneyrias	38	47 km NW	1,896	42.5	Partly served	no figures
Romanèche-Thorins	71	104 km NW	2,005	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sernin	07	124 km SW	1,872	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Lacrouzette	81	312 km SW	1,540	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Benon	17	494 km W	1,859	39.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 59 %
Falleron	85	575 km W	1,725	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %

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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 Colombe'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
Blodelsheim	68	319 km NE	1,971	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Burnhaupt-le-Bas	68	289 km NE	1,969	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Demigny	71	177 km N	1,756	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rémilly	57	408 km N	2,070	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Willerwald	57	421 km N	1,517	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vaucouleurs	55	357 km N	1,906	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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