Le Passage

Identity

Le Passage (INSEE 38296) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 983 (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/38296-le-passage

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 14,416 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]

2 × Restaurant (AU BISTROT GOURMAND · LE CAMPAGNARD). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (MIROIR DE LY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

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 780 (2012) → 983 (2023): 26 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 516 (1990) → 983 (2023): 90.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 463, of which 8.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-André-le-Gaz): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-André-le-Gaz): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-André-le-Gaz): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Passage): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 9.2 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 475 m. ^[11]

The village sits 171 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 18 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 117 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 7.1 km away at 367 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38296/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38296/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38296/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38296/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38357
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38377
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38296
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024