Laffrey

Identity

Laffrey (INSEE 38203) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 466 (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/38203-laffrey

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 96 % of the 17,914 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MILLION D'ECLATS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DEFAITE JEAN JACQUES · LE PIANO DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (REMI HORVATH, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (NENA COIFFURE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 402 (2012) → 466 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 249 (1990) → 466 (2023): 87.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 13.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Laffrey): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vizille): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laffrey): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vizille): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Laffrey): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 112 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAVALDENS weather station, 9.5 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 918 m. ^[10]

The village sits 152 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 LA MURE- RADOME, 10 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,230 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAVALDENS, 9.5 km away at 1,070 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,000 € — 2,000 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

8 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 160,400 € — 2,011 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38203/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38203/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38203/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38203/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38203
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38562
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025