Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 25.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers (INSEE 38376) is in Isère (38), part of CC Coeur de Chartreuse. Population 847 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 25.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 24 % of the 15,325 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.95 |
| Housing mix | 0.57 | 5 | 2.87 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MI OMBRE - MI SOLEIL). [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU FROU). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | MI OMBRE - MI SOLEIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU FROU | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 866 (2012) → 847 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 709 (1990) → 847 (2023): 19.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 21.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Entre-deux-Guiers): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Les Échelles): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Entre-deux-Guiers): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the GRANDE-CHARTREUSE weather station, 8.5 km away at 945 m; the village itself is at 410 m. [11]
The village sits 535 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-PIERRE-LES EGAUX, 13.7 km away at 950 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 540 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,528 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT-DU-PONT, 3.8 km away at 389 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38376/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38376/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38376/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38376/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38155
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38376
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73105
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bourgonce | 88 | 329 km N | 842 | 25.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mards-de-Blacarville | 27 | 590 km NW | 877 | 25.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Rouquette | 12 | 325 km W | 777 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| Graye-sur-Mer | 14 | 639 km NW | 773 | 20.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mouettes | 27 | 509 km NW | 744 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac | 33 | 525 km W | 1,007 | 27 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rouquette | 12 | 325 km W | 777 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Bourgonce | 88 | 329 km N | 842 | 25.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mouettes | 27 | 509 km NW | 744 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac | 33 | 525 km W | 1,007 | 27 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Mards-de-Blacarville | 27 | 590 km NW | 877 | 25.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Graye-sur-Mer | 14 | 639 km NW | 773 | 20.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · 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-Christophe-sur-Guiers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouettes | 27 | 509 km NW | 744 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neugartheim-Ittlenheim | 67 | 382 km N | 784 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaumot | 89 | 352 km NW | 708 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tendu | 36 | 352 km NW | 650 | 22.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villethierry | 89 | 375 km NW | 789 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Val-Doré | 27 | 529 km NW | 890 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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