Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix

Isère · CC Le Grésivaudan · INSEE 38417

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix (INSEE 38417) is in Isère (38), part of CC Le Grésivaudan. Population 486 (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 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,820 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	25	0
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.77
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (ACTE 2 · BUONO E SINCERO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE STE MARIE D'ALLOIX). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE BOUDOIR DE CARINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 [3,4]
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	3	ACTE 2 · BUONO E SINCERO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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 MUNICIPALE DE STE MARIE D'ALLOIX	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	2	LE BOUDOIR DE CARINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 186 peak 1999: 568 2023: 486 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 550 (2012) → 486 (2023): -11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 413 (1990) → 486 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 2.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km WGP — 1.4 km WFood shop — 1.6 km WPharmacy — 2.0 km SE 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-Vincent-de-Mercuze): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Cheylas): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 48.1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE weather station, 10.3 km away at 970 m; the village itself is at 264 m. ^[11]

The village sits 706 m below 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,222 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALLEVARD, 8.3 km away at 495 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 — 38417/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38417/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38417/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38417/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38466
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38417
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
Longuesse	95	510 km NW	496	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 80 %
Berneville	62	596 km NW	485	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %
Thun-Saint-Martin	59	574 km N	543	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Saudemont	62	583 km N	409	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Crisenoy	77	433 km NW	611	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Boissy-sans-Avoir	78	496 km NW	616	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crisenoy	77	433 km NW	611	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Boissy-sans-Avoir	78	496 km NW	616	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Longuesse	95	510 km NW	496	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 80 %
Thun-Saint-Martin	59	574 km N	543	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Saudemont	62	583 km N	409	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Berneville	62	596 km NW	485	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %

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