Montagnieu

Isère · CC Les Vals du Dauphiné · INSEE 38246

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montagnieu (INSEE 38246) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 1,179 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38246-montagnieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 13,321 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SCIANDRA ROSA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA PETITE PAUPIETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (XV & METS). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (LUCIE COIFFURE · L-J COIFFURE / JOLY LAURINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	SCIANDRA ROSA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA PETITE PAUPIETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	XV & METS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	LUCIE COIFFURE · L-J COIFFURE / JOLY LAURINE	INSEE BPE 3 / 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	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: 530 2023: 1,179 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 964 (2012) → 1,179 (2023): 22.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 653 (1990) → 1,179 (2023): 80.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 488, of which 3.5 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SWFood shop — 0.6 km SEGP — 4.1 km NEPharmacy — 4.5 km N 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 (Montagnieu): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montagnieu): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Tour-du-Pin): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montagnieu): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.9

Days at or below 0 °C 99▸

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 5.8 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 531 m. ^[11]

The village sits 227 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 BOURGOIN, 14.6 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 173 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 1,012 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CESSIEU, 5.8 km away at 304 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 — 38246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38381
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38509
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
Saint-Pierre-du-Regard	61	584 km NW	1,321	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Bessens	82	379 km SW	1,470	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Malauzat	63	190 km W	1,160	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aupre	38	22 km SE	1,182	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefamille	38	27 km W	1,114	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Espoey	64	513 km SW	1,223	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 12 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aupre	38	22 km SE	1,182	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefamille	38	27 km W	1,114	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Malauzat	63	190 km W	1,160	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Bessens	82	379 km SW	1,470	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 28 % · humidity 64 %
Espoey	64	513 km SW	1,223	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 12 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Regard	61	584 km NW	1,321	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Montagnieu'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
Andilly	74	76 km NE	1,013	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Groissiat	01	79 km N	1,205	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Passage	38	4.8 km E	983	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sadroc	19	306 km W	1,010	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fontain	25	192 km N	1,207	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Torchefelon	38	4.1 km W	838	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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