Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 20.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure (INSEE 38379) is in Isère (38), part of CC Bièvre Isère. Population 265 (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 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 17,484 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.72 |
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 LE VILLAGE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CLAIR SUR GALAURE AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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] | |
| 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 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE VILLAGE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 CLAIR SUR GALAURE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 257 (2012) → 265 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 249 (1990) → 265 (2023): 6.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 12.8 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Grand-Serre): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Grand-Serre): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Le Grand-Serre): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Le Grand-Serre): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA COTE ST ANDRE weather station, 14 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 406 m. [10]
The village sits 60 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 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 17.6 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 908 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BEAUREPAIRE, 13 km away at 288 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
30 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 210,475 € — 1,776 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38379/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38379/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38379/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38379/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26143
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38379
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tuzan | 33 | 460 km W | 263 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 91 % |
| Maxey-sur-Vaise | 55 | 367 km N | 279 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Durance | 47 | 412 km W | 255 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Bat | 33 | 428 km W | 281 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Estialescq | 64 | 507 km SW | 257 | 21.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 % |
| Lasserre-de-Prouille | 11 | 336 km SW | 292 | 25.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasserre-de-Prouille | 11 | 336 km SW | 292 | 25.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 % |
| Maxey-sur-Vaise | 55 | 367 km N | 279 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Durance | 47 | 412 km W | 255 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Bat | 33 | 428 km W | 281 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Le Tuzan | 33 | 460 km W | 263 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 91 % |
| Estialescq | 64 | 507 km SW | 257 | 21.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 % |
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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-Clair-sur-Galaure'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moutiers-Saint-Jean | 21 | 265 km N | 254 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ogéviller | 54 | 385 km N | 276 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Voulaines-les-Templiers | 21 | 286 km N | 270 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vanvey | 21 | 288 km N | 243 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clairegoutte | 70 | 290 km N | 347 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montigny-les-Monts | 10 | 329 km N | 247 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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