Le Freney-d'Oisans

Identity

Le Freney-d'Oisans (INSEE 38173) is in Isère (38), part of CC de l'Oisans. Population 260 (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/38173-le-freney-d-oisans

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,407 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 (OGEDIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE FRENEY D OISANS RP). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CASSINI). ^[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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 252 (2012) → 260 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 260 (2023): 46.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 46.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Deux Alpes): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Deux Alpes): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Deux Alpes): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Deux Alpes): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Freney-d'Oisans): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES DEUX-ALPES weather station, 2.9 km away at 1,670 m; the village itself is at 927 m. ^[10]

The village sits 743 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALPE-D'HUEZ, 5.8 km away at 1,860 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 933 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,019 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES DEUX-ALPES, 2.9 km away at 1,670 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38173/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38173/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38173/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38173/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38253
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38173
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024