Monestier-d'Ambel

Isère · CC de la Matheysine · INSEE 38241

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

No daily shops 7.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monestier-d'Ambel (INSEE 38241) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 14 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 7.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 428 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0	10	0
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU MAS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	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	1	L'AUBERGE DU MAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 32 peak 1990: 64 2023: 14 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 22 (2012) → 14 (2023): -36.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 64 (1990) → 14 (2023): -78.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 29, of which 69 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 4.5 km NPrimary school — 4.7 km NFood shop — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 4.9 km NBakery — 7.1 km SE 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 (Aubessagne): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corps): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corps): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Corps): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Corps): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 107.8▸

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 108 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PELLAFOL-CHANEAUX weather station, 1.8 km away at 947 m; the village itself is at 949 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,005 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PELLAFOL-CHANEAUX, 1.8 km away at 947 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 — 38241/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38241/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38241/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38241/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38128
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
Cazarilh-Laspènes	31	482 km SW	13	3.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Archail	04	80 km SE	14	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 62 %
Les Tonils	26	62 km W	16	3.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 78 %
Bourg-d'Oueil	31	485 km SW	14	2.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Tarrano	2B	389 km SE	16	2.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 45 %
Montaillou	09	392 km SW	21	10.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 47 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Tonils	26	62 km W	16	3.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 78 %
Archail	04	80 km SE	14	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 62 %
Tarrano	2B	389 km SE	16	2.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 45 %
Montaillou	09	392 km SW	21	10.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 47 %
Cazarilh-Laspènes	31	482 km SW	13	3.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Bourg-d'Oueil	31	485 km SW	14	2.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %

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