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Jarcieu

Isère · CC Entre Bièvre et Rhône · INSEE 38198

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jarcieu (INSEE 38198) is in Isère (38), part of CC Entre Bièvre et Rhône. Population 1,135 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38198-jarcieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 13,582 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.632012.64
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BENOIT CLAUDINE ET FRANCOIS). [3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ FLO · LES PIEDS SOUS LA TABLE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS/VIVAL). [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CORALIE CHENU LOBERT, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE NIVET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE JARCIEU). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (JARCIEU RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE JARCIEU). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (BOUTEILLON ELIANE · GENERATION COIFF'). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BENOIT CLAUDINE ET FRANCOISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CHEZ FLO · LES PIEDS SOUS LA TABLEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar2CAFE DES SPORTS/VIVALINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2CORALIE CHENU LOBERT, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE NIVET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE JARCIEUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1JARCIEU RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE DE JARCIEUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2BOUTEILLON ELIANE · GENERATION COIFF'INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 590 2023: 1,135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,038 (2012) → 1,135 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 698 (1990) → 1,135 (2023): 62.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 571, of which 2.1 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.5 km W (Jarcieu)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km W 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 (Jarcieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Jarcieu): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Jarcieu): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Jarcieu): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Jarcieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SABLONS weather station, 14 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 231 m. [10]

The village sits 95 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at REVENTIN, 19.4 km away at 295 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 64 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 908 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BEAUREPAIRE, 7.2 km away at 288 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 — 38198/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5ce5f254-d410-39e0-967e-f28e6426f284— “Marché de Jarcieu”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38198/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38198/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38198/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38198
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Azé71123 km N1,10346.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tréon28462 km NW1,41846.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Régny4293 km NW1,44739.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Signy-le-Petit08511 km N1,21346.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Polminhac15191 km W1,19741.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Oisemont80566 km NW1,12753.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Régny4293 km NW1,44739.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Azé71123 km N1,10346.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Polminhac15191 km W1,19741.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Tréon28462 km NW1,41846.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Signy-le-Petit08511 km N1,21346.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Oisemont80566 km NW1,12753.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Jarcieu'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Viols-le-Fort34202 km SW1,22949.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Anjou385.1 km W1,03135.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vulbas0162 km NE1,24752.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Uze2618 km S2,13950.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bargemon83229 km SE1,43357.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Agnin387.1 km W1,24532.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %