Saint-Maximin

Isère · CC Le Grésivaudan · INSEE 38426

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maximin (INSEE 38426) is in Isère (38), part of CC Le Grésivaudan. Population 689 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 16,450 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	5	0
Population trend	0.95	10	9.47
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CARPENTIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PP FOOD TRUCK). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	CARPENTIER	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	1	PP FOOD TRUCK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	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

1968: 384 2023: 689 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 639 (2012) → 689 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 476 (1990) → 689 (2023): 44.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 332, of which 5.1 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km EFood shop — 1.3 km WPharmacy — 1.3 km NWGP — 1.4 km NW 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-Maximin): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontcharra): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pontcharra): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pontcharra): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Maximin): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 53.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE weather station, 18 km away at 970 m; the village itself is at 391 m. ^[10]

The village sits 579 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. ^[10]

An average of 1,222 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALLEVARD, 4.5 km away at 495 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 — 38426/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38426/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38426/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38426/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38426
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38314
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
Caubios-Loos	64	558 km W	683	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 64 %
Annoisin-Chatelans	38	69 km NW	719	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Porcheux	60	533 km NW	677	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Ceffonds	52	352 km N	665	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
La Ferrière-Bochard	61	568 km NW	709	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux	77	454 km NW	669	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Annoisin-Chatelans	38	69 km NW	719	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Ceffonds	52	352 km N	665	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux	77	454 km NW	669	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Porcheux	60	533 km NW	677	41	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Caubios-Loos	64	558 km W	683	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 64 %
La Ferrière-Bochard	61	568 km NW	709	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %

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