Saint-Alban-du-Rhône
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Alban-du-Rhône (INSEE 38353) is in Isère (38), part of CC Entre Bièvre et Rhône. Population 965 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 38 % of the 14,559 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.49 | 10 | 4.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.94 | 10 | 9.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARMAND LAJAVARDI, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE PLASSON, MÉDECIN · AUDREY FLOTTES, MÉDECIN · ALICE TARPIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ALBAN DU RHONE AP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | ARMAND LAJAVARDI, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE PLASSON, MÉDECIN · AUDREY FLOTTES, MÉDECIN · ALICE TARPIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [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 | SAINT ALBAN DU RHONE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 845 (2012) → 965 (2023): 14.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 672 (1990) → 965 (2023): 43.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 405, of which 2 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chavanay): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chavanay): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Alban-du-Rhône): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Chavanay): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Alban-du-Rhône): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the REVENTIN weather station, 7.2 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 149 m. [10]
The village sits 146 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at REVENTIN, 7.2 km away at 295 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 146 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at REVENTIN, 7.2 km away at 295 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 — 38353/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38353/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38353/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38353/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42056
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38353
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Yon | 91 | 399 km NW | 923 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rédange | 57 | 461 km N | 1,014 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 20 % |
| Kurtzenhouse | 67 | 435 km NE | 1,093 | 27.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aulnay-sur-Mauldre | 78 | 447 km NW | 1,180 | 19 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Machilly | 74 | 153 km NE | 1,152 | 33.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bernac-Debat | 65 | 447 km SW | 743 | 25.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machilly | 74 | 153 km NE | 1,152 | 33.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Yon | 91 | 399 km NW | 923 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Kurtzenhouse | 67 | 435 km NE | 1,093 | 27.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bernac-Debat | 65 | 447 km SW | 743 | 25.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Aulnay-sur-Mauldre | 78 | 447 km NW | 1,180 | 19 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rédange | 57 | 461 km N | 1,014 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 20 % |
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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-Alban-du-Rhône'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ondes | 31 | 329 km SW | 822 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saliès | 81 | 269 km SW | 806 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vourey | 38 | 61 km E | 1,688 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Prim | 38 | 3.5 km NE | 1,478 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clonas-sur-Varèze | 38 | 3.1 km SE | 1,535 | 37.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beauvallon | 26 | 64 km S | 1,659 | 35.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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