Pierre-Châtel

Isère · CC de la Matheysine · INSEE 38304

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pierre-Châtel (INSEE 38304) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 1,475 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38304-pierre-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 11,780 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.7	10	7.03
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME DU PARC). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (MAGRO ROSARIO · PIZZA DE LA PIERRE PERCEE · J.R LE GAL · PIZZERIA DELLA PIAZZA · GRAZIE LELLA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB LA FESTINIERE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIERRE CHATEL AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (KRIST'IN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CORDELIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA FERME DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	5	MAGRO ROSARIO · PIZZA DE LA PIERRE PERCEE · J.R LE GAL · PIZZERIA DELLA PIAZZA · GRAZIE LELLA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB LA FESTINIERE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	PIERRE CHATEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	KRIST'IN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES CORDELIERS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,527 2023: 1,475 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,463 (2012) → 1,475 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,226 (1990) → 1,475 (2023): 20.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 800, of which 7.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km SFood shop — 1.9 km WPharmacy — 3.1 km WGP — 5.3 km S 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 (Pierre-Châtel): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pierre-Châtel): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Mure): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Motte-d'Aveillans): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pierre-Châtel): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.7

Days at or below 0 °C 134.5▸

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA MURE- RADOME weather station, 2.2 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 915 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 2.2 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 2.2 km away at 885 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38304/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/36b5367b-261e-3eae-9f0f-a123c98e811c— “Marché de producteurs à Pierre-Châtel”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38304/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38304/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38304/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38265
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
Lignières-de-Touraine	37	488 km NW	1,318	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Keskastel	67	457 km N	1,487	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Val de Chaise	74	101 km NE	1,384	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 27 %
Vieille-Église	62	719 km N	1,511	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Corneilhan	34	269 km SW	1,622	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Berthecourt	60	558 km NW	1,564	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val de Chaise	74	101 km NE	1,384	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 27 %
Corneilhan	34	269 km SW	1,622	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Keskastel	67	457 km N	1,487	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lignières-de-Touraine	37	488 km NW	1,318	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Berthecourt	60	558 km NW	1,564	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Vieille-Église	62	719 km N	1,511	45.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · 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 Pierre-Châtel'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-Alban-sur-Limagnole	48	190 km W	1,385	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-d'Aveillans	38	2.8 km W	1,711	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saugues	43	176 km W	1,652	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cordon	74	125 km NE	998	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-les-Alpes	04	124 km SE	1,029	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Théoffrey	38	4.9 km N	612	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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