Saint-Marcellin

Isère · CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté · INSEE 38416

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

Served 70/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Marcellin (INSEE 38416) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 7,700 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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 70/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 97 % of the 3,167 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	0.62	25	15.43
Social	0.98	20	19.58
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.58	10	5.79
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.65	10	6.5
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DIMALEX · PETIT FRANCK · MAISON BRIALON · LE PARADIS SUCRE · SARL ROSSELLI MIRANDA). ^[3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DES ALPES · VIANDE DESPI · BOUCHERIE FARKHANA). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SHOP APERO 2 · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · ACTIO). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (LE GRILLON · BOURDAT · ANTALYA · MC PIZZA · UNE AUTRE HISTOIRE). ^[3,4]

15 × Café / bar (BAR DE VILLARS · BLACK MAMBA · LE NEGOCIANT · AU PLAN B · LE CERCLE). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE STADE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CENTRE). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE STADE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LE DAUPHIN). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE SAVOURET). ^[3]

11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JUSTINE HARLE, MÉDECIN · VALÉRIE BLANC, MÉDECIN · DENIS PINCHELIMOUROUX, MÉDECIN · SABRINA PEYRARD, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN MEHL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES CEDRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE TÊTE DE RÉSEAU À SAINT MARCELLIN). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LES MELIES). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COMPLEXE SPORTIF 2). ^[3]

9 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DAUPHINE VIVARAIS · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ST MARCELLIN · CAISSE LOCALE CAM CTRE EST ST VERAND · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · ST MARCELLIN). ^[3]

15 × Hairdresser (ZIGZAG · PREMIUM). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HYP HOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Supermarket, 2 × Fishmonger, 6 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 4 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	DIMALEX · PETIT FRANCK · MAISON BRIALON · LE PARADIS SUCRE · SARL ROSSELLI MIRANDA	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	4	BOUCHERIE DES ALPES · VIANDE DESPI · BOUCHERIE FARKHANA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SHOP APERO 2 · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · ACTIO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	16	LE GRILLON · BOURDAT · ANTALYA · MC PIZZA · UNE AUTRE HISTOIRE	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Café / bar	15	BAR DE VILLARS · BLACK MAMBA · LE NEGOCIANT · AU PLAN B · LE CERCLE	INSEE SIRENE 15 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE STADE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE STADE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LE DAUPHIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LE SAVOURET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	11	JUSTINE HARLE, MÉDECIN · VALÉRIE BLANC, MÉDECIN · DENIS PINCHELIMOUROUX, MÉDECIN · SABRINA PEYRARD, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN MEHL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 11 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES CEDRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHEQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE TÊTE DE RÉSEAU À SAINT MARCELLIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LES MELIES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COMPLEXE SPORTIF 2	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	9	CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DAUPHINE VIVARAIS · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL ST MARCELLIN · CAISSE LOCALE CAM CTRE EST ST VERAND · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · ST MARCELLIN	INSEE BPE 9 [3]
Hairdresser	15	ZIGZAG · PREMIUM	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HYP HOTEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 6,186 peak 2012: 8,075 2023: 7,700 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 8,075 (2012) → 7,700 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 6,696 (1990) → 7,700 (2023): 15 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,714, of which 2 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Marcellin): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Saint-Marcellin): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Marcellin): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Marcellin): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Marcellin): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 33.5

Days at or below 0 °C 64.1

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHATTE_SAPC weather station, 1.9 km away at 272 m; the village itself is at 282 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHATTE_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 272 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 958 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATTE_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 272 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38416/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/20735142-9175-3c43-8f88-cba31eb21b01— “Grand Marché de Saint-Marcellin”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/94ac8cbe-396b-39ba-ba29-700da94d1003— “Marché alimentaire de Saint-Marcellin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38416/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38416/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38416/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38416
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
Langon	33	444 km W	7,674	74	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
L'Aigle	61	536 km NW	7,663	67.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Thann	68	325 km NE	7,762	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Auxonne	21	227 km N	7,581	70.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Tullins	38	21 km NE	7,624	67.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc	44	595 km NW	7,780	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tullins	38	21 km NE	7,624	67.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Auxonne	21	227 km N	7,581	70.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Thann	68	325 km NE	7,762	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Langon	33	444 km W	7,674	74	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
L'Aigle	61	536 km NW	7,663	67.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc	44	595 km NW	7,780	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 51 % · 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-Marcellin'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
Gueugnon	71	188 km NW	6,528	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Affrique	12	234 km SW	7,941	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mehun-sur-Yèvre	18	326 km NW	6,380	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mornant	69	73 km NW	6,282	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Belley	01	73 km NE	9,388	72.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lagnieu	01	83 km N	7,411	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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