Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre

Isère · CC Les Vals du Dauphiné · INSEE 38354

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre (INSEE 38354) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 420 (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/38354-saint-albin-de-vaulserre

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,991 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	6.97
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ FILIPPO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ LYDIE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ALBIN DE VAULSERRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (A'CAJOU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), 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	1	CHEZ FILIPPO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ LYDIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	SAINT ALBIN DE VAULSERRE 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	1	A'CAJOU	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: 318 2023: 420 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 420 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 351 (1990) → 420 (2023): 19.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 8.1 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.8 km NWBakery — 2.1 km EPrimary school — 2.2 km EPharmacy — 2.9 km NGP — 3.2 km NW 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 (Saint-Béron): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Béron): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.1

Days at or below 0 °C 79

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 3.6 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 308 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 18.5 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,156 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN, 3.6 km away at 284 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38354/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38354/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38354/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38354/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38398
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73204
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
Urbès	68	281 km N	427	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sossais	86	436 km W	409	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Moriville	88	321 km N	443	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bellechaume	89	324 km NW	436	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauvant	17	483 km W	515	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 36 % · humidity 71 %
Migré	17	490 km W	347	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Urbès	68	281 km N	427	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Moriville	88	321 km N	443	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bellechaume	89	324 km NW	436	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sossais	86	436 km W	409	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauvant	17	483 km W	515	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 36 % · humidity 71 %
Migré	17	490 km W	347	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · 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-Albin-de-Vaulserre'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
Créchy	03	195 km NW	428	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Audrix	24	379 km W	287	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rongères	03	195 km NW	555	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Nervieux	42	125 km W	1,040	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Tranclière	01	76 km NW	290	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fourg	25	177 km N	370	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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