Monteynard

Identity

Monteynard (INSEE 38254) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 502 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38254-monteynard

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,778 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BLAIS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NANOUCOIF). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 496 (2012) → 502 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 330 (1990) → 502 (2023): 52.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 6.2 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Motte-d'Aveillans): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Georges-de-Commiers): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (La Motte-d'Aveillans): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Monteynard): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 121 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LA MURE- RADOME weather station, 8 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 767 m. ^[13]

The village sits 118 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 8 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 118 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 8 km away at 885 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38254/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/dca5cfee-4055-3549-b7d5-28cca5b2afce— “Marché de Monteynard”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38254/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38254/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38254/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38265
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38115
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38388
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38254
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024