Engins

Identity

Engins (INSEE 38153) is in Isère (38), part of CC du Massif du Vercors. Population 422 (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/38153-engins

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,974 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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), 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 508 (2012) → 422 (2023): -16.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 352 (1990) → 422 (2023): 19.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 6.7 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sassenage): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Engins): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 120 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUTRANS weather station, 5.1 km away at 1,069 m; the village itself is at 905 m. ^[11]

The village sits 164 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 VILLARD-DE-LANS, 12.2 km away at 1,027 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 122 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,354 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ENGINS, 0.5 km away at 877 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38153/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38153/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38153/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38153/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38433
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38474
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38153
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024