Montferrat

Isère · CA du Pays Voironnais · INSEE 38256

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montferrat (INSEE 38256) is in Isère (38), part of CA du Pays Voironnais. Population 1,846 (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/38256-montferrat

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 10,127 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.98	10	9.78
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE JAUNET & DEVILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SKL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (DOOGGY DOG PIZZ · L'ANNEXE · LA DINETTE DE MONTFERRAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CELESTIN ADOLPHE PEGOUD). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUDIVINE DUC, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE PERROT, MÉDECIN · KEVIN ROY, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA BOURSET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MONTFERRAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTFERRAT RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE MONTFERRAT). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (DODY POUP'S). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE SANS SOUCI · CAMPING DÉTENTE ET CLAPOTIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE JAUNET & DEVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SKL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	DOOGGY DOG PIZZ · L'ANNEXE · LA DINETTE DE MONTFERRAT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CELESTIN ADOLPHE PEGOUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	LUDIVINE DUC, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE PERROT, MÉDECIN · KEVIN ROY, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA BOURSET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MONTFERRAT	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTFERRAT RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE MONTFERRAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	DODY POUP'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE SANS SOUCI · CAMPING DÉTENTE ET CLAPOTIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 669 2023: 1,846 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,646 (2012) → 1,846 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,249 (1990) → 1,846 (2023): 47.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,010, of which 9.5 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.0 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 (Montferrat): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montferrat): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montferrat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montferrat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.2

Days at or below 0 °C 97.7▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 7.5 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 547 m. ^[10]

The village sits 263 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 15 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 247 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,156 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN, 7.5 km away at 284 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 — 38256/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38256/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38256/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38256/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38256
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38001
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
Agonac	24	378 km W	1,765	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 %
Livré-sur-Changeon	35	608 km NW	1,758	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 5 %
Grosbreuil	85	569 km W	2,221	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Sémalens	81	347 km SW	2,020	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Tremblay-les-Villages	28	471 km NW	2,206	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	515 km NW	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sémalens	81	347 km SW	2,020	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Agonac	24	378 km W	1,765	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 71 %
Tremblay-les-Villages	28	471 km NW	2,206	42.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	515 km NW	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Grosbreuil	85	569 km W	2,221	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Livré-sur-Changeon	35	608 km NW	1,758	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 5 %

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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 Montferrat'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
Biol	38	16 km W	1,594	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Monnetier-Mornex	74	90 km NE	2,362	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Marcellaz-Albanais	74	53 km NE	2,058	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont	70	276 km N	1,426	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère	73	59 km E	1,248	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Eclose-Badinières	38	23 km W	1,515	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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