Mizoën

Isère · CC de l'Oisans · INSEE 38237

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

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mizoën (INSEE 38237) is in Isère (38), part of CC de l'Oisans. Population 187 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 15,590 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	25	0
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

3 × Restaurant (LA CABANE AU BORD DU LAC · REFUGE DU FAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES ORS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MIZOEN LE VILLAGE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (CHALET LE PANORAMIQUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	3	LA CABANE AU BORD DU LAC · REFUGE DU FAY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES ORS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MIZOEN LE VILLAGE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHALET LE PANORAMIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 112 peak 2012: 195 2023: 187 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 195 (2012) → 187 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 122 (1990) → 187 (2023): 53.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 37.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km SFood shop — 3.9 km SGP — 4.0 km SPharmacy — 4.6 km S 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 (Les Deux Alpes): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Deux Alpes): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Deux Alpes): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Deux Alpes): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mizoën): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.4

Days at or below 0 °C 87.4

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 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BESSE weather station, 3 km away at 1,520 m; the village itself is at 1,186 m. ^[10]

The village sits 334 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 ALPE-D'HUEZ, 6.1 km away at 1,860 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 674 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 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BESSE, 3 km away at 1,520 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38237
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
Roqueredonde	34	271 km SW	211	27	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Baubigny	21	242 km NW	210	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fillols	66	408 km SW	207	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Conjux	73	86 km N	218	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 45 %
Ameugny	71	199 km NW	169	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Escalles	62	731 km NW	223	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Conjux	73	86 km N	218	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 45 %
Ameugny	71	199 km NW	169	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Baubigny	21	242 km NW	210	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Roqueredonde	34	271 km SW	211	27	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Fillols	66	408 km SW	207	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Escalles	62	731 km NW	223	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Mizoën'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
Le Donzeil	23	342 km W	186	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Moudeyres	43	161 km W	115	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mittlach	68	335 km N	339	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Giron	01	134 km N	174	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Peyrabout	23	350 km W	150	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Albepierre-Bredons	15	260 km W	242	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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