Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne

Isère · CC Les Vals du Dauphiné · INSEE 38398

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

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne (INSEE 38398) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 969 (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 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 64 % of the 14,502 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	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BEAUCHIFFRAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR DU COMMERCE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-D'AVELANNE MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BEAUCHIFFRAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE BAR DU COMMERCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JEAN-D'AVELANNE MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 543 2023: 969 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 925 (2012) → 969 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 969 (2023): 59.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 439, of which 5.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km NEBakery — 2.8 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km NEGP — 2.9 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 (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.1

Days at or below 0 °C 79

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 2.4 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 322 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 17.9 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,156 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN, 2.4 km away at 284 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 — 38398/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3cefce6c-604c-3ed0-ba5b-264c74479a90— “Marché fermier - Ferme de Beauchiffray”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38398/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38398/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38398/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38398
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
Mesnières-en-Bray	76	572 km NW	940	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Montreuil-sous-Pérouse	35	602 km NW	1,043	28	Few services	no figures
Congrier	53	578 km NW	932	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 69 %
Martres-sur-Morge	63	196 km W	758	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Angrie	49	558 km NW	913	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 39 %
Eclassan	07	81 km SW	1,054	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Eclassan	07	81 km SW	1,054	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Martres-sur-Morge	63	196 km W	758	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Angrie	49	558 km NW	913	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 39 %
Mesnières-en-Bray	76	572 km NW	940	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Congrier	53	578 km NW	932	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 69 %
Montreuil-sous-Pérouse	35	602 km NW	1,043	28	Few services	no figures

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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-Jean-d'Avelanne'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
Magnet	03	185 km NW	1,053	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Druillat	01	67 km NW	1,129	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Apremont	73	22 km E	979	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rongères	03	193 km NW	555	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat	01	73 km N	938	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nervieux	42	123 km W	1,040	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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