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Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion

Isère · CC Bièvre Isère · INSEE 38351

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

Few services 26.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion (INSEE 38351) is in Isère (38), part of CC Bièvre Isère. Population 1,187 (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/38351-saint-agnin-sur-bion

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 13,275 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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 × Restaurant (DUPLEX 87). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE STUDIO 84 BY AUDREY). [3,4]

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1DUPLEX 87INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE STUDIO 84 BY AUDREYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 347 2023: 1,187 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 914 (2012) → 1,187 (2023): 29.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 646 (1990) → 1,187 (2023): 83.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 472, of which 1.7 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km S (Culin)Food shop — 2.8 km NW (Chèzeneuve)GP — 3.7 km NE (Meyrié)Pharmacy — 5.0 km E (Nivolas-Vermelle)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km SFood shop — 2.8 km NWGP — 3.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.0 km E 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 (Culin): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chèzeneuve): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Meyrié): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Nivolas-Vermelle): 5 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 9 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 439 m. [13]

The village sits 81 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 9 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. [13]

That station sits 81 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at BOURGOIN, 9 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38351/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38351/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38351/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38351/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38141
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38102
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38230
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38276
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38351
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villematier31351 km SW1,13327.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 100 %
Yvetot-Bocage50670 km NW1,21225.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Pasly02454 km N1,10020.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chaillac-sur-Vienne87341 km W1,25025.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Tourville-la-Campagne27524 km NW1,10726.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %
Moineville54411 km N1,11430Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chaillac-sur-Vienne87341 km W1,25025.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Villematier31351 km SW1,13327.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 100 %
Moineville54411 km N1,11430Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Pasly02454 km N1,10020.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-la-Campagne27524 km NW1,10726.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %
Yvetot-Bocage50670 km NW1,21225.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chaillac-sur-Vienne87341 km W1,25025.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Coings36310 km NW91527.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Jourgnac87314 km W1,10922.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Aureil87301 km W1,04521.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clair0753 km SW1,34837.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rosoy89325 km NW1,07233.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %