Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour (INSEE 38381) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 2,143 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 9,148 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.46 | 20 | 9.18 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDS DISENT ...). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (NOA · SAS SAINT FELIX · L'ESCAPADE · LE BRAZHERO DAUPHINOIS · TRAN NGOC). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES PETITS CASSOLARDS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT COTTAZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
3 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LES GOURMANDS DISENT ... | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 5 | NOA · SAS SAINT FELIX · L'ESCAPADE · LE BRAZHERO DAUPHINOIS · TRAN NGOC | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES PETITS CASSOLARDS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | VINCENT COTTAZ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,836 (2012) → 2,143 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,310 (1990) → 2,143 (2023): 63.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 927, of which 2.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 6.3 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 378 m. [11]
The village sits 74 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 14.8 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. [11]
An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 5.6 km away at 367 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 — 38381/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/8b7bcf64-319a-35c0-9ed1-1f078dbc380a— “Marché fermier - Ferme de la Cassole”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38381/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38381/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38381/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38377
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38381
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubnezais | 33 | 464 km W | 1,915 | 35.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 20 % · humidity 64 % |
| Jons | 69 | 41 km NW | 1,647 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Terres de Bord | 27 | 526 km NW | 1,577 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arenthon | 74 | 90 km NE | 2,097 | 41.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère | 86 | 402 km W | 1,290 | 33.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chazey-sur-Ain | 01 | 42 km NW | 1,632 | 38.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jons | 69 | 41 km NW | 1,647 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chazey-sur-Ain | 01 | 42 km NW | 1,632 | 38.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arenthon | 74 | 90 km NE | 2,097 | 41.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère | 86 | 402 km W | 1,290 | 33.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cubnezais | 33 | 464 km W | 1,915 | 35.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 20 % · humidity 64 % |
| Terres de Bord | 27 | 526 km NW | 1,577 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Didier-de-la-Tour'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-de-la-Tour | 38 | 3.6 km NW | 1,992 | 44.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Syndicat | 88 | 290 km N | 1,842 | 33.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Romain-de-Popey | 69 | 81 km NW | 1,725 | 45.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bully | 69 | 77 km NW | 2,213 | 47.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aupre | 38 | 23 km SE | 1,182 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Porte-des-Bonnevaux | 38 | 26 km SW | 2,099 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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