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Sillans

Isère · CC Bièvre Isère · INSEE 38490

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

Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sillans (INSEE 38490) is in Isère (38), part of CC Bièvre Isère. Population 1,919 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/38490-sillans

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 72 % of the 9,871 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.98109.82
Housing mix0.9654.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ NELLY & PIERRE · FOURNIL LES COQUELICOTS). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CASA DELLA PIZZA · DA ROCHA DIAS ELISABETE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR DE GWEN). [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MYRIAM GRANJEAN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE ROLLAND, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SILLANS). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SILLANS AP). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (SALON CAROL · NOUVEL'HAIR · SECOND SOUFFLE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2CHEZ NELLY & PIERRE · FOURNIL LES COQUELICOTSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CASA DELLA PIZZA · DA ROCHA DIAS ELISABETEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE COMPTOIR DE GWENINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2MYRIAM GRANJEAN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE ROLLAND, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE SILLANSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SILLANS APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3SALON CAROL · NOUVEL'HAIR · SECOND SOUFFLEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 965 2023: 1,919 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,877 (2012) → 1,919 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,295 (1990) → 1,919 (2023): 48.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 848, of which 2 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.0 km E (Izeaux)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.0 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 (Sillans): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Izeaux): 3 km to the east (straight line). [10]

GP (Sillans): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sillans): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Sillans): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS weather station, 6.5 km away at 376 m; the village itself is at 401 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 6.5 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 6.5 km away at 376 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38490/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d61eb219-bf73-3f41-9ad2-1a5d020f7d3a— “Marché de Sillans”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38490/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38490/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38490/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38490
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38194
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Eurville-Bienville52362 km N1,97439Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Moncourt-Fromonville77387 km NW1,89140Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Villette-de-Vienne3846 km NW2,02552.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Touvois44572 km W1,97044.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Chevrières60490 km NW2,03652Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mesmin85499 km W1,77441.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villette-de-Vienne3846 km NW2,02552.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Eurville-Bienville52362 km N1,97439Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Moncourt-Fromonville77387 km NW1,89140Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Chevrières60490 km NW2,03652Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mesmin85499 km W1,77441.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Touvois44572 km W1,97044.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Sillans'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Radegonde12245 km SW1,79342.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaines71174 km N1,84139.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lièpvre68356 km NE1,63239.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Mirebeau-sur-Bèze21229 km N1,91958.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Kunheim68345 km NE1,82241.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Ottmarsheim68316 km NE2,05452.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %