Saint-Théoffrey

Identity

Saint-Théoffrey (INSEE 38462) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 612 (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/38462-saint-theoffrey

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,981 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE MIRADOU · KMTD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS DU MIRADOU). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES MOUETTES · CAMPING SER SIRANT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 450 (2012) → 612 (2023): 36 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 612 (2023): 119.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 343, of which 25.1 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Laffrey): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierre-Châtel): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laffrey): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Motte-d'Aveillans): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Théoffrey): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 140 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA MURE- RADOME weather station, 7 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 943 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 7 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 7 km away at 885 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38462/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38462/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38462/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38462/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38203
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38304
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38265
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38462
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024