Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens

Isère · CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné · INSEE 38392

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens (INSEE 38392) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 603 (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/38392-saint-hilaire-de-brens

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,037 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BOIS JOLI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE BOIS JOLI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 HILAIRE DE BRENS 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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 300 peak 2017: 636 2023: 603 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 529 (2012) → 603 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 392 (1990) → 603 (2023): 53.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 275, of which 2.9 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km WGP — 2.9 km NEPharmacy — 2.9 km NE 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 (Moras): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Trept): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Trept): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.9

Days at or below 0 °C 47.3

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 7.2 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 317 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 7.2 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOURGOIN, 7.2 km away at 358 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 — 38392/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38392/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38392/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38392/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38260
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38392
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38515
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
Moussey	57	352 km N	559	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Clermont	40	540 km W	736	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Laurent	23	263 km W	670	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Billiat	01	59 km NE	713	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Gomelange	57	407 km N	476	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Montrond	39	132 km N	485	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Billiat	01	59 km NE	713	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Montrond	39	132 km N	485	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent	23	263 km W	670	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Moussey	57	352 km N	559	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Gomelange	57	407 km N	476	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Clermont	40	540 km W	736	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Hilaire-de-Brens'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
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	139 km N	538	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moulidars	16	414 km W	662	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Coulommiers-la-Tour	41	394 km NW	575	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Luché-Thouarsais	79	451 km W	536	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq	03	147 km NW	523	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chânes	71	77 km NW	530	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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