Oz
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Partly served 48.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Oz (INSEE 38289) is in Isère (38), part of CC de l'Oisans. Population 217 (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/38289-oz
Vitality score
Vitality score 48.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 16,488 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL JOSSERAND). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SHERPA · VIC). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (LA FONTAINE FRAICHE · GMSA · LA POTEE ' OZ · L'ILE D'OZ · L'AVENTURE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE P'TIT VERRE D'OZ). [4]
8 × Hotel (CHALET BEYOND TRAVELS · HOTEL BAR RESTAURANT LE TIMBERLODGE · BONNE ETOILE · THE SNOW HOUSE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 3 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | FOURNIL JOSSERAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | SHERPA · VIC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 9 | LA FONTAINE FRAICHE · GMSA · LA POTEE ' OZ · L'ILE D'OZ · L'AVENTURE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE P'TIT VERRE D'OZ | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 8 | CHALET BEYOND TRAVELS · HOTEL BAR RESTAURANT LE TIMBERLODGE · BONNE ETOILE · THE SNOW HOUSE | INSEE SIRENE 8 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 233 (2012) → 217 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 136 (1990) → 217 (2023): 59.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 935, of which 87.1 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Oz): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Oz): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Allemond): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Allemond): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Allemond): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 120 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VAUJANY weather station, 1 km away at 772 m; the village itself is at 859 m. [10]
The village sits 87 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 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ALPE-D'HUEZ, 6.5 km away at 1,860 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 1,001 m above 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 1,302 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VAUJANY, 1 km away at 772 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 — 38289/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38289/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38289/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38289/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38289
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38005
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyne | 66 | 435 km SW | 163 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaujany | 38 | 2.8 km NE | 357 | 49.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamouille | 02 | 514 km N | 272 | 40.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes | 05 | 56 km S | 373 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eaux-Bonnes | 64 | 568 km SW | 215 | 49.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 30 % |
| Cohennoz | 73 | 76 km NE | 137 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaujany | 38 | 2.8 km NE | 357 | 49.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes | 05 | 56 km S | 373 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cohennoz | 73 | 76 km NE | 137 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eyne | 66 | 435 km SW | 163 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamouille | 02 | 514 km N | 272 | 40.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 % |
| Eaux-Bonnes | 64 | 568 km SW | 215 | 49.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 30 % |
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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 Oz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes | 05 | 56 km S | 373 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gresse-en-Vercors | 38 | 47 km SW | 351 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villarodin-Bourget | 73 | 51 km E | 499 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 05 | 70 km S | 209 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beauvezer | 04 | 119 km S | 384 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire | 73 | 23 km NE | 473 | 61.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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