La Morte

Identity

La Morte (INSEE 38264) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 143 (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/38264-la-morte

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 13,700 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (LES MELEZES · MARRA PRIVAT · L'ETERLOU · MONTAGNE ET FORET 38). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (COCO BEL OEIL · LA BERGERIE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (L ALPE DU GRAND SERRE RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 149 (2012) → 143 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 143 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 676, of which 85.9 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Séchilienne): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Morte): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laffrey): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vizille): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Morte): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 160 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAVALDENS weather station, 4.8 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 1,358 m. ^[12]

The village sits 288 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHAMROUSSE, 11.1 km away at 1,730 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 372 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,230 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAVALDENS, 4.8 km away at 1,070 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 253,975 € — 2,460 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

80 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 44,500 € — 2,174 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

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 — 38264/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38264/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38264/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38264/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38478
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38264
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38203
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38562
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025