Les Éparres

Isère · CA Porte de l'Isère (CAPI) · INSEE 38156

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

Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Éparres (INSEE 38156) is in Isère (38), part of CA Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). Population 1,028 (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/38156-les-eparres

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 14,125 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.7	10	6.95
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 (DINO PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BOUCLES D ANGE). ^[3,4]

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. ^[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	DINO PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA COMBE	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BOUCLES D ANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 731 2023: 1,028 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 921 (2012) → 1,028 (2023): 11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 860 (1990) → 1,028 (2023): 19.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 484, of which 3.3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km SEFood shop — 2.6 km NGP — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 2.7 km N 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 (Eclose-Badinières): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nivolas-Vermelle): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nivolas-Vermelle): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nivolas-Vermelle): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Éparres): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.2

Days at or below 0 °C 53.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 8.4 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 474 m. ^[11]

The village sits 116 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 8.4 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 116 m below 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 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOURGOIN, 8.4 km away at 358 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 — 38156/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38156/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38156/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38156/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38156
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
Allouis	18	297 km NW	1,036	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillé-les-Côteaux	44	538 km NW	1,033	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Barthélemy	70	266 km N	1,085	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup	79	469 km W	985	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice	63	161 km W	968	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chaffois	25	171 km NE	1,032	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maurice	63	161 km W	968	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chaffois	25	171 km NE	1,032	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Barthélemy	70	266 km N	1,085	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Allouis	18	297 km NW	1,036	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chanteloup	79	469 km W	985	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillé-les-Côteaux	44	538 km NW	1,033	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %

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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 Les Éparres'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
Saint-Maurice	63	161 km W	968	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Subdray	18	283 km NW	967	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marlioz	74	78 km NE	1,062	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Macey	10	324 km N	975	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bressolles	03	189 km NW	1,143	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Minzier	74	79 km NE	1,090	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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