Penol

Isère · CC Bièvre Isère · INSEE 38300

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Penol (INSEE 38300) is in Isère (38), part of CC Bièvre Isère. Population 381 (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/38300-penol

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 18,018 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.87	10	8.71
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT ZINC). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PENOL PENOLIRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE SO...). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT ZINC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PENOL PENOLIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'ATELIER DE SO...	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 231 2023: 381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 326 (2012) → 381 (2023): 16.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 381 (2023): 37.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 5.5 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.8 km WBakery — 1.9 km WFood shop — 1.9 km WGP — 2.0 km W 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 (Faramans): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faramans): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Faramans): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Faramans): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Penol): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 72.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA COTE ST ANDRE weather station, 6.9 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 384 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 10 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POMMIER-DE-BEAUREPAIRE, 5.4 km away at 480 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 — 38300/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38300/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38300/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38300/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38161
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38300
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
Curzay-sur-Vonne	86	416 km W	380	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Montertelot	56	644 km NW	375	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Monbrun	32	382 km SW	394	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Félix	46	257 km W	511	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Didier-la-Forêt	03	171 km NW	399	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cormeilles	60	523 km NW	392	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Didier-la-Forêt	03	171 km NW	399	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Félix	46	257 km W	511	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Monbrun	32	382 km SW	394	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Curzay-sur-Vonne	86	416 km W	380	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Cormeilles	60	523 km NW	392	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montertelot	56	644 km NW	375	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Penol'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-Didier-la-Forêt	03	171 km NW	399	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Jussy	89	287 km NW	351	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Verel-de-Montbel	73	45 km NE	341	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Les Pradeaux	63	149 km W	351	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Éclans-Nenon	39	196 km N	371	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Retschwiller	67	445 km NE	274	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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