Lalley

Isère · CC du Trièves · INSEE 38204

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lalley (INSEE 38204) is in Isère (38), part of CC du Trièves. Population 178 (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/38204-lalley

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 90 % of the 15,268 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.43	10	4.32
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (TEAM DU COL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LALLEY AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BELLE ROCHE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	TEAM DU COL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LALLEY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BELLE ROCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 258 peak 1975: 273 2023: 178 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 222 (2012) → 178 (2023): -19.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 191 (1990) → 178 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 242, of which 52.5 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 1.6 km NWBakery — 2.1 km NWGP — 8.4 km NEPharmacy — 8.7 km NE 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 (Saint-Maurice-en-Trièves): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalley): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mens): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mens): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Maurice-en-Trièves): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.4

Days at or below 0 °C 99.2▸

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 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MENS weather station, 8.8 km away at 780 m; the village itself is at 834 m. ^[11]

The village sits 54 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]

An average of 1,248 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-EN-TRIEVES, 1.8 km away at 1,050 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38424
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38226
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
Vierville-sur-Mer	14	715 km NW	232	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 %
Barre-des-Cévennes	48	170 km W	200	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Mont-Dauphin	05	76 km E	162	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 31 %
Poggio-di-Nazza	2B	419 km SE	187	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 7 %
Castirla	2B	385 km SE	166	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 41 %
Arbellara	2A	435 km SE	165	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 1 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mont-Dauphin	05	76 km E	162	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 31 %
Barre-des-Cévennes	48	170 km W	200	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 %
Castirla	2B	385 km SE	166	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 41 %
Poggio-di-Nazza	2B	419 km SE	187	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 7 %
Arbellara	2A	435 km SE	165	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 1 %
Vierville-sur-Mer	14	715 km NW	232	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 0 %

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