Lans-en-Vercors

Isère · CC du Massif du Vercors · INSEE 38205

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lans-en-Vercors (INSEE 38205) is in Isère (38), part of CC du Massif du Vercors. Population 2,751 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38205-lans-en-vercors

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 7,685 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.69	20	13.75
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.69	10	6.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.27	5	1.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CELINE FEE DES GATEAUX · BOULANGERIE ROUX FOUILLET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (NETTO). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LA BULLE DE LANS · LA BARAQUE D'EN HAUT · LE SNACK DES OURS · LA CABANE DES JASSINETS · LA CHARRETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STÉPHANE FOULON, MÉDECIN · CÉDRIC DEVAUX, MÉDECIN · SÉBASTIEN GUYOT, MÉDECIN · YANN PASCAULT, MÉDECIN · MANON BENOIT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL DE LANS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LANS EN VERCORS RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE TÊTE DE RÉSEAU DE LANS EN VERCORS). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE CAIRN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DE L ECOLE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (HARMONIE COIFFURE BEAUTE · ANNATURE · NOUVEL HAIR · MALOUP COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL COL DE L'ARC · L'AUBERGE DE LA CROIX PERRIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BOIS SIGU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 6 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CELINE FEE DES GATEAUX · BOULANGERIE ROUX FOUILLET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	NETTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	LA BULLE DE LANS · LA BARAQUE D'EN HAUT · LE SNACK DES OURS · LA CABANE DES JASSINETS · LA CHARRETTE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	10	STÉPHANE FOULON, MÉDECIN · CÉDRIC DEVAUX, MÉDECIN · SÉBASTIEN GUYOT, MÉDECIN · YANN PASCAULT, MÉDECIN · MANON BENOIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 10 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VAL DE LANS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LANS EN VERCORS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE TÊTE DE RÉSEAU DE LANS EN VERCORS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE CAIRN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DE L ECOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	HARMONIE COIFFURE BEAUTE · ANNATURE · NOUVEL HAIR · MALOUP COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HÔTEL COL DE L'ARC · L'AUBERGE DE LA CROIX PERRIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BOIS SIGU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 795 2023: 2,751 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,574 (2012) → 2,751 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,451 (1990) → 2,751 (2023): 89.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,145, of which 36.7 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.7 km NWPharmacy — 0.7 km NW 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 (Lans-en-Vercors): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Lans-en-Vercors): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lans-en-Vercors): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lans-en-Vercors): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lans-en-Vercors): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.9

Days at or below 0 °C 134.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLARD-DE-LANS weather station, 5.9 km away at 1,027 m; the village itself is at 1,007 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VILLARD-DE-LANS, 5.9 km away at 1,027 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,354 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ENGINS, 5.8 km away at 877 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3c186e3d-9f3f-3722-bba4-7d613f1604ad— “toute l'année, les mardis matin et les samedis matins, place de la mairie.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38205
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
Aydat	63	213 km W	2,574	62.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 5 % · humidity 100 %
Névez	29	778 km NW	2,795	54.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Penvénan	22	788 km NW	2,584	62.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bugue	24	367 km W	2,663	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
Plougasnou	29	815 km NW	3,192	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %
La Barre-de-Monts	85	626 km W	2,367	62.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aydat	63	213 km W	2,574	62.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 5 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bugue	24	367 km W	2,663	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 %
La Barre-de-Monts	85	626 km W	2,367	62.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Névez	29	778 km NW	2,795	54.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Penvénan	22	788 km NW	2,584	62.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Plougasnou	29	815 km NW	3,192	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %

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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 Lans-en-Vercors'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
Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors	38	4.9 km W	2,936	73.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Les Rousses	39	155 km N	3,740	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vallouise-Pelvoux	05	76 km E	1,138	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-d'Amont	39	162 km N	1,738	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Abondance	74	155 km NE	1,583	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	48	186 km W	3,955	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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