Montchaboud
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montchaboud (INSEE 38252) is in Isère (38), part of Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Population 352 (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/38252-montchaboud
Vitality score
Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 37 % of the 18,064 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.87 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LC DELICES). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 1 | LC DELICES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 368 (2012) → 352 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 305 (1990) → 352 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 1.3 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montchaboud): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vizille): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Vizille): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vizille): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vizille): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-M-D'HERES-GALOCHERE weather station, 8.2 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 527 m. [10]
The village sits 307 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. [10]
An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VARCES, 5.2 km away at 253 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 — 38252/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38252/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38252/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38252/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38252
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38562
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audignies | 59 | 595 km N | 359 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 64 % |
| Friauville | 54 | 450 km N | 364 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 % |
| Brévilly | 08 | 511 km N | 366 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 % |
| Bettainvillers | 54 | 468 km N | 374 | 23.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 64 % |
| Longueville | 47 | 443 km W | 376 | 23.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 % |
| Dalstein | 57 | 471 km N | 376 | 25.9 | Few services | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longueville | 47 | 443 km W | 376 | 23.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 % |
| Friauville | 54 | 450 km N | 364 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 % |
| Bettainvillers | 54 | 468 km N | 374 | 23.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 64 % |
| Dalstein | 57 | 471 km N | 376 | 25.9 | Few services | no figures |
| Brévilly | 08 | 511 km N | 366 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 % |
| Audignies | 59 | 595 km N | 359 | 23.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 64 % |
Elsewhere
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