Miribel-les-Échelles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Miribel-les-Échelles (INSEE 38236) is in Isère (38), part of CC Coeur de Chartreuse. Population 1,713 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 10,648 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.26 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE SIMONETTI). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (PREVITALI CLAUDETTE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES MONTAGNOLS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER LOGE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MIRIBEL LES ECHELLES RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MIRIBEL LES ECHELLES). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON BY JENN). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LE BALCON DE CHARTREUSE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE SIMONETTI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | 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 | 4 | PREVITALI CLAUDETTE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES MONTAGNOLS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | OLIVIER LOGE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | MIRIBEL LES ECHELLES RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MIRIBEL LES ECHELLES | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | LE SALON BY JENN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | LE BALCON DE CHARTREUSE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,740 (2012) → 1,713 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,607 (1990) → 1,713 (2023): 6.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 886, of which 7.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Miribel-les-Échelles): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Miribel-les-Échelles): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Miribel-les-Échelles): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Entre-deux-Guiers): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Miribel-les-Échelles): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST AUPRE_SAPC weather station, 5.6 km away at 450 m; the village itself is at 618 m. [11]
The village sits 168 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 11.9 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 318 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,528 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-DU-PONT, 3 km away at 389 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38236/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/4b45c4a0-aa89-386f-bc5e-dab553caeb93— “Marché hébdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38236/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38236/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38236/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38236
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38155
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont-Louestault | 37 | 453 km NW | 1,813 | 43 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Denicé | 69 | 104 km NW | 1,571 | 44.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny | 37 | 453 km NW | 1,579 | 40 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon | 01 | 110 km NW | 1,890 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 58 % |
| Saint-Romain-de-Popey | 69 | 103 km NW | 1,725 | 45.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noaillan | 33 | 489 km W | 1,717 | 40.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain-de-Popey | 69 | 103 km NW | 1,725 | 45.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Denicé | 69 | 104 km NW | 1,571 | 44.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon | 01 | 110 km NW | 1,890 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 58 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny | 37 | 453 km NW | 1,579 | 40 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaumont-Louestault | 37 | 453 km NW | 1,813 | 43 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noaillan | 33 | 489 km W | 1,717 | 40.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 % |
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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 Miribel-les-Échelles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois | 42 | 119 km W | 1,827 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marcellaz-Albanais | 74 | 55 km NE | 2,058 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Choisy | 74 | 68 km NE | 1,731 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour | 19 | 306 km W | 928 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loubeyrat | 63 | 217 km W | 1,437 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eclose-Badinières | 38 | 33 km W | 1,515 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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