Sainte-Blandine

Isère · CC Les Vals du Dauphiné · INSEE 38369

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Blandine (INSEE 38369) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 1,039 (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/38369-sainte-blandine

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 14,087 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.91
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 491 2023: 1,039 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 918 (2012) → 1,039 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 747 (1990) → 1,039 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 463, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km NEBakery — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.0 km NGP — 2.5 km N 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 (La Tour-du-Pin): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Tour-du-Pin): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Tour-du-Pin): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Tour-du-Pin): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Blandine): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.7

Days at or below 0 °C 92.7

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 3.5 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 447 m. ^[10]

The village sits 143 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 12.4 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 89 m below 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 1,012 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CESSIEU, 3.5 km away at 304 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 — 38369/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38369/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38369/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38369/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38509
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38369
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
Aureil	87	316 km W	1,045	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
La Barre-de-Semilly	50	628 km NW	1,029	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Meyrieu-les-Étangs	38	19 km W	1,024	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Norville	76	567 km NW	996	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
François	79	456 km W	999	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Bouquetot	27	550 km NW	1,071	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Meyrieu-les-Étangs	38	19 km W	1,024	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Aureil	87	316 km W	1,045	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
François	79	456 km W	999	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Bouquetot	27	550 km NW	1,071	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 46 %
Norville	76	567 km NW	996	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
La Barre-de-Semilly	50	628 km NW	1,029	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 43 % · 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 Sainte-Blandine'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
Massingy	74	49 km NE	852	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chélieu	38	4.7 km SE	733	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Passage	38	5.8 km E	983	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Torchefelon	38	4.3 km SW	838	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montrodat	48	199 km SW	1,174	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Blanche	73	50 km E	596	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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