Serre-Nerpol

Identity

Serre-Nerpol (INSEE 38275) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 307 (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/38275-serre-nerpol

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,906 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZA COYOT · LE PAS-SAGE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 299 (2012) → 307 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 307 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 9.7 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Varacieux): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varacieux): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vatilieu): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vinay): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Serre-Nerpol): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SERRE-NERPOL weather station, 3.4 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 427 m. ^[12]

The village sits 203 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 12.7 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 51 m below 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 1,054 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SERRE-NERPOL, 3.4 km away at 630 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 230,410 € — 2,001 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 38275/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38275/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38275/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38275/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38523
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38526
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38559
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38275
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025