Ornon

Identity

Ornon (INSEE 38285) is in Isère (38), part of CC de l'Oisans. 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/38285-ornon

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 134 (2012) → 143 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 143 (2023): 64.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 57.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Bourg-d'Oisans): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Bourg-d'Oisans): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Bourg-d'Oisans): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Bourg-d'Oisans): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Bourg-d'Oisans): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 136 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LAVALDENS weather station, 9.3 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 1,064 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ALPE-D'HUEZ, 9.9 km away at 1,860 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 796 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,245 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ORNON, 1.4 km away at 950 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 159,273 € — 2,034 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

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 — 38285/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38285/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38285/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38285/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38052
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025