Courtenay

Isère · CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné · INSEE 38135

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courtenay (INSEE 38135) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 1,277 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 12,834 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	25	0
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU COMPTOIR DE COURTENAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ANTILIA). ^[4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	AU COMPTOIR DE COURTENAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ANTILIA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 608 2023: 1,277 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,246 (2012) → 1,277 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 667 (1990) → 1,277 (2023): 91.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 622, of which 5.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km SWBakery — 4.4 km SGP — 6.5 km SWPharmacy — 6.5 km SW 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 (Soleymieu): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Soleymieu): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Trept): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Trept): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Courtenay): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.6

Days at or below 0 °C 70.6

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COURTENAY weather station, 1.3 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 334 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 14.5 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,057 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COURTENAY, 1.3 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ff0255a3-70b5-32e3-9b24-625cfddb6d59— “Petit marché de la ferme "Les Poulets des Templiers"”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38494
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38515
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38135
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
Le Perrey	27	543 km NW	1,224	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest	07	130 km SW	1,345	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Saint-Jean	71	139 km NW	1,170	27	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vert-en-Drouais	28	457 km NW	1,123	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Brandivy	56	673 km NW	1,466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	449 km NW	1,114	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Priest	07	130 km SW	1,345	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Saint-Jean	71	139 km NW	1,170	27	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Gemme-Moronval	28	449 km NW	1,114	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Vert-en-Drouais	28	457 km NW	1,123	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Le Perrey	27	543 km NW	1,224	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Brandivy	56	673 km NW	1,466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Courtenay'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
Oyeu	38	35 km S	1,106	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genis-l'Argentière	69	69 km W	986	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Parigny-les-Vaux	58	229 km NW	964	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Pajay	38	45 km SW	1,036	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Anglars-Saint-Félix	12	288 km SW	930	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Scientrier	74	85 km NE	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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