La Rivière

Identity

La Rivière (INSEE 38338) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 720 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38338-la-riviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,292 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]

1 × Restaurant (AU PETIT CREUX). ^[3,4]

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

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 745 (2012) → 720 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 363 (1990) → 720 (2023): 98.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (L'Albenc): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tullins): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tullins): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Rivière): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AUTRANS weather station, 6.8 km away at 1,069 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[12]

The village sits 860 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 15.1 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 91 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,472 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at AUTRANS, 6.8 km away at 1,069 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 260,000 € — 2,303 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38338/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38338/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38338/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38338/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38004
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38517
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38225
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38338
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025