Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage

Isère · Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole · INSEE 38445

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage (INSEE 38445) is in Isère (38), part of Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole. Population 784 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 15,755 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.88
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ST PIERRE DE MÉSAGE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ME'L TAMORPHOSE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIE BAUD	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 ST PIERRE DE MÉSAGE	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	1	ME'L TAMORPHOSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 510 2023: 784 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 735 (2012) → 784 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 660 (1990) → 784 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km NEFood shop — 0.8 km NEPharmacy — 2.7 km NGP — 3.2 km N 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 (Vizille): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vizille): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vizille): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vizille): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.1

Days at or below 0 °C 62.4

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAVALDENS weather station, 11.6 km away at 1,070 m; the village itself is at 339 m. ^[10]

The village sits 731 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 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VARCES, 7.6 km away at 253 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 — 38445/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38445/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38445/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38445/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38562
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38445
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
Chemy	59	643 km N	766	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 64 %
Breuil-Bois-Robert	78	531 km NW	764	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 69 %
Machemont	60	540 km NW	830	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 80 %
Saliès	81	316 km SW	806	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Le Monteil	43	145 km W	691	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Avilly-Saint-Léonard	60	521 km NW	852	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Monteil	43	145 km W	691	24	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Saliès	81	316 km SW	806	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Avilly-Saint-Léonard	60	521 km NW	852	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 85 %
Breuil-Bois-Robert	78	531 km NW	764	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 69 %
Machemont	60	540 km NW	830	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 80 %
Chemy	59	643 km N	766	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 64 %

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