Sainte-Luce
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Luce (INSEE 38414) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 42 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 3,697 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.73 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE SAINTE LUCE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE PAIN DE SAINTE LUCE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 41 (2012) → 42 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 33 (1990) → 42 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 46, of which 63 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Luce): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Corps): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Corps): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Corps): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Corps): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 122 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PELLAFOL-SAUTET weather station, 3.8 km away at 800 m; the village itself is at 1,130 m. [10]
The village sits 330 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 LA MURE- RADOME, 13.6 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 245 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 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PELLAFOL-SAUTET, 3.8 km away at 800 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38414/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38414/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38414/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38414/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38414
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38128
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volvent | 26 | 55 km SW | 37 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Signac | 31 | 475 km SW | 40 | 0.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ourde | 65 | 478 km SW | 43 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 16 % |
| Chauvac-Laux-Montaux | 26 | 66 km SW | 43 | 3.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Scata | 2B | 390 km SE | 41 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Castineta | 2B | 383 km SE | 34 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volvent | 26 | 55 km SW | 37 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chauvac-Laux-Montaux | 26 | 66 km SW | 43 | 3.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Castineta | 2B | 383 km SE | 34 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Scata | 2B | 390 km SE | 41 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Signac | 31 | 475 km SW | 40 | 0.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ourde | 65 | 478 km SW | 43 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 16 % |
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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 Sainte-Luce'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouaux-de-Luchon | 31 | 479 km SW | 43 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barrancoueu | 65 | 496 km SW | 40 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cazaux-Debat | 65 | 494 km SW | 34 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Camparan | 65 | 498 km SW | 51 | 6.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champ-Laurent | 73 | 77 km N | 31 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malleval-en-Vercors | 38 | 50 km NW | 57 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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