Montagne

Identity

Montagne (INSEE 38245) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 273 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38245-montagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,545 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 265 (2012) → 273 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 223 (1990) → 273 (2023): 22.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 7.2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint Antoine l'Abbaye): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint Antoine l'Abbaye): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint Antoine l'Abbaye): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chatte): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montagne): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHATTE_SAPC weather station, 8.9 km away at 272 m; the village itself is at 438 m. ^[11]

The village sits 166 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHATTE_SAPC, 8.9 km away at 272 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 166 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 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATTE_SAPC, 8.9 km away at 272 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 257,000 € — 2,419 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38245/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38245/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38245/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38245/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38359
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38095
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38245
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025