Crachier

Identity

Crachier (INSEE 38136) is in Isère (38), part of CA Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). Population 600 (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/38136-crachier

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,091 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

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

1 × Restaurant (LE BAR DES TROIS COLOMBES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (AMANDINE MOVE AND CUT · CO.COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 474 (2012) → 600 (2023): 26.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 334 (1990) → 600 (2023): 79.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 275, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Culin): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chèzeneuve): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Artas): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Alban-de-Roche): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Crachier): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 9.3 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 441 m. ^[13]

The village sits 83 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 9.3 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 83 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-DE-BOURNAY, 8.5 km away at 369 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38136/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38136/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38136/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38136/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38141
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38102
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38015
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38352
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38136
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024