Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte

Isère · CC du Massif du Vercors · INSEE 38433

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte (INSEE 38433) is in Isère (38), part of CC du Massif du Vercors. Population 1,162 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38433-saint-nizier-du-moucherotte

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 13,415 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	0.39	20	7.77
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	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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) (GARGAMELEO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DES TROIS PUCELLES · KIM LAC SERVICES · BISTROT ERMITAGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHAELA GOTZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT NIZIER DU MOUCHEROTTE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ST NIZIER DU MOUCHEROTTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GARGAMELEO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'AUBERGE DES TROIS PUCELLES · KIM LAC SERVICES · BISTROT ERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	1	MICHAELA GOTZ, 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 NIZIER DU MOUCHEROTTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ST NIZIER DU MOUCHEROTTE	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	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 207 2023: 1,162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,083 (2012) → 1,162 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 575 (1990) → 1,162 (2023): 102.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 603, of which 10.6 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.4 km E 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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Seyssins): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 147.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 148 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUTRANS weather station, 6.1 km away at 1,069 m; the village itself is at 1,167 m. ^[11]

The village sits 98 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLARD-DE-LANS, 11.6 km away at 1,027 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 140 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,354 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ENGINS, 1.1 km away at 877 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 — 38433/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/19f50de5-aa73-36ac-80c8-0b14dfa59675— “Marché hebdomadaire de Saint-Nizier”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38433/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38433/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38433/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38433
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38486
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
Nibelle	45	405 km NW	1,171	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Cartignies	59	563 km N	1,209	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sireuil	16	442 km W	1,166	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Bourg-Saint-Bernard	31	357 km SW	1,125	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour	19	299 km W	928	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Wangenbourg-Engenthal	67	405 km N	1,327	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lagarde-Marc-la-Tour	19	299 km W	928	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Saint-Bernard	31	357 km SW	1,125	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Wangenbourg-Engenthal	67	405 km N	1,327	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Nibelle	45	405 km NW	1,171	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Sireuil	16	442 km W	1,166	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Cartignies	59	563 km N	1,209	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Nizier-du-Moucherotte'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
Bois-d'Amont	39	157 km N	1,738	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nanchez	39	150 km N	764	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaux-du-Dombief	39	161 km N	574	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fournets-Luisans	25	228 km N	744	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Les Combes	25	222 km N	777	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Châtel	74	154 km NE	1,174	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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