Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel

Isère · CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné · INSEE 38458

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel (INSEE 38458) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 610 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38458-saint-sorlin-de-morestel

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,004 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.42
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

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

1 × Restaurant (LA CANTINE DAUPHINOISE). ^[3,4]

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

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, Library. ^[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	1	LA CANTINE DAUPHINOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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: 338 peak 2017: 627 2023: 610 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 557 (2012) → 610 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 423 (1990) → 610 (2023): 44.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 301, of which 6.3 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km NPharmacy — 1.7 km NBakery — 1.8 km NGP — 4.4 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 (Vézeronce-Curtin): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vézeronce-Curtin): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Morestel): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vézeronce-Curtin): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.3

Days at or below 0 °C 85.7

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 9.8 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 276 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 13.3 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 82 m above 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 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 6.2 km away at 367 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 — 38458/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38458/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38458/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38458/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38543
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38458
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
Bacqueville	27	512 km NW	614	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Merckeghem	59	627 km N	615	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny	50	646 km NW	606	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 3 % · humidity 100 %
La Faye	16	415 km W	617	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Luzay	79	459 km W	617	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 30 %
Montcarra	38	6.8 km W	612	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montcarra	38	6.8 km W	612	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Faye	16	415 km W	617	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Luzay	79	459 km W	617	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 30 %
Bacqueville	27	512 km NW	614	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Merckeghem	59	627 km N	615	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny	50	646 km NW	606	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 3 % · 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-Sorlin-de-Morestel'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
Montcarra	38	6.8 km W	612	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marigny-Saint-Marcel	74	45 km NE	708	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Juvigny	74	90 km NE	639	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ondras	38	14 km SE	668	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ladignac-sur-Rondelles	19	287 km W	404	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bloye	74	42 km NE	571	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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