Pellafol

Isère · CC de la Matheysine · INSEE 38299

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 12.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pellafol (INSEE 38299) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 136 (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/38299-pellafol

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 13,295 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.41	10	4.13
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

1968: 245 2023: 136 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 136 (2012) → 136 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 136 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 64 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 3.7 km NEPrimary school — 3.8 km NEFood shop — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.0 km NEBakery — 5.9 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Sainte-Luce): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Corps): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corps): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Corps): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Corps): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 107.8▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 108 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PELLAFOL-CHANEAUX weather station, 1.5 km away at 947 m; the village itself is at 923 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 18 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,005 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PELLAFOL-CHANEAUX, 1.5 km away at 947 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 — 38299/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38299/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38299/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38299/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38414
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38128
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
Aleu	09	428 km SW	137	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Laboule	07	140 km W	146	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Azet	65	497 km SW	148	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Crévoux	05	62 km SE	122	17.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Alos	09	436 km SW	116	11.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
La Chaulme	63	171 km NW	118	13	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crévoux	05	62 km SE	122	17.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Laboule	07	140 km W	146	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Chaulme	63	171 km NW	118	13	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aleu	09	428 km SW	137	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Alos	09	436 km SW	116	11.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Azet	65	497 km SW	148	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Pellafol'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
Azet	65	497 km SW	148	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ascou	09	399 km SW	113	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cistrières	43	189 km W	136	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Marchastel	15	256 km W	131	9.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrefiche	48	172 km W	158	9.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montusclat	43	143 km W	125	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38299-pellafol