Cras
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cras (INSEE 38137) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 407 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 18,000 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA BASCULE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DE LA BASCULE | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 461 (2012) → 407 (2023): -11.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 223 (1990) → 407 (2023): 82.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 1.6 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tullins): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tullins): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Vatilieu): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Tullins): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Cras): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SERRE-NERPOL weather station, 7.7 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 337 m. [11]
The village sits 293 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 15 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at TULLINS, 5 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38137/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38137/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38137/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38137/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38517
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38526
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38137
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golancourt | 60 | 525 km N | 409 | 26.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon | 54 | 465 km N | 412 | 29.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tronsanges | 58 | 276 km NW | 392 | 29.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Iville | 27 | 552 km NW | 426 | 26.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 % |
| Lindebeuf | 76 | 600 km NW | 386 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sauveterre-Saint-Denis | 47 | 395 km W | 387 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tronsanges | 58 | 276 km NW | 392 | 29.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sauveterre-Saint-Denis | 47 | 395 km W | 387 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon | 54 | 465 km N | 412 | 29.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Golancourt | 60 | 525 km N | 409 | 26.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Iville | 27 | 552 km NW | 426 | 26.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 % |
| Lindebeuf | 76 | 600 km NW | 386 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · 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 Cras'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richarville | 91 | 442 km NW | 386 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouqueval | 95 | 476 km NW | 314 | 27.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guebenhouse | 57 | 438 km N | 417 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prunay-le-Temple | 78 | 491 km NW | 409 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mons-en-Montois | 77 | 399 km NW | 454 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plainval | 60 | 525 km NW | 422 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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