Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière (INSEE 38405) is in Isère (38), part of CC Coeur de Chartreuse. Population 1,254 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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 47.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 75 % of the 12,965 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON 1830). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (EXPRESS SO PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LISE LAFARGUE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JOSEPH DE RIVIERE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ST JOSEPH DE RIVIÈRE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL FORCELLA LE RELAIS DAUPHINE SAVOIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON 1830 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 3 | EXPRESS SO PIZZA | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | LISE LAFARGUE, 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 | 1 | SAINT JOSEPH DE RIVIERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ST JOSEPH DE RIVIÈRE | 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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL FORCELLA LE RELAIS DAUPHINE SAVOIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 1,174 (2012) → 1,254 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 800 (1990) → 1,254 (2023): 56.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 563, of which 6.2 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-du-Pont): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST AUPRE_SAPC weather station, 3.7 km away at 450 m; the village itself is at 411 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 8.2 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 111 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,381 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST AUPRE_SAPC, 3.7 km away at 450 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38405/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38405/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38405/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38405/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38405
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38412
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Échelles | 73 | 8.2 km NE | 1,286 | 44.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bétheniville | 51 | 447 km N | 1,259 | 43.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nancray | 25 | 211 km N | 1,308 | 49.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Séauve-sur-Semène | 43 | 113 km W | 1,456 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hermonville | 51 | 461 km N | 1,419 | 47.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Vraie-Croix | 56 | 681 km NW | 1,495 | 49.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Échelles | 73 | 8.2 km NE | 1,286 | 44.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Séauve-sur-Semène | 43 | 113 km W | 1,456 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nancray | 25 | 211 km N | 1,308 | 49.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bétheniville | 51 | 447 km N | 1,259 | 43.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hermonville | 51 | 461 km N | 1,419 | 47.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Vraie-Croix | 56 | 681 km NW | 1,495 | 49.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · 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-Joseph-de-Rivière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussieu | 69 | 100 km NW | 1,382 | 43.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette | 42 | 85 km W | 1,140 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaine-Française | 21 | 241 km N | 911 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Blavozy | 43 | 139 km W | 1,724 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ury | 77 | 405 km NW | 882 | 60.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cublize | 69 | 125 km NW | 1,360 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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