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Susville

Isère · CC de la Matheysine · INSEE 38499

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Susville (INSEE 38499) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 1,134 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38499-susville

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 15 % of the 13,579 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
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.29102.93
Housing mix0.954.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · NETTO). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE VIN'TIEME SENS). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SUSVILLE MAISON POUR TOUS). [3]

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

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket2ALDI MARCHE · NETTOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE VIN'TIEME SENSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VILLARETINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SUSVILLE MAISON POUR TOUSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF GEORGES MAUGIRONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,611 2023: 1,134 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,371 (2012) → 1,134 (2023): -17.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,430 (1990) → 1,134 (2023): -20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 639, of which 4.9 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.2 km S (La Mure)Pharmacy — 1.2 km SE (La Mure)GP — 1.3 km SE (La Mure)Primary school — 1.4 km S (La Mure)
In the commune Food shop Bakery — 1.2 km SPharmacy — 1.2 km SEGP — 1.3 km SEPrimary school — 1.4 km S 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 (La Mure): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Susville): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (La Mure): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Mure): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (La Mure): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 116 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LA MURE weather station, 1.3 km away at 881 m; the village itself is at 885 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 2 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LA MURE, 1.3 km away at 881 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38499/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38499/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38499/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38499/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38269
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38499
  10. 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
Férolles45430 km NW1,12722.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 22 %
Thun-Saint-Amand59642 km N1,10622.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Riedseltz67482 km N1,14323.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Nesles62705 km NW1,09521.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Fromelles59669 km N1,16125.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Julie01115 km N1,09430.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Julie01115 km N1,09430.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Férolles45430 km NW1,12722.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 22 %
Riedseltz67482 km N1,14323.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Thun-Saint-Amand59642 km N1,10622.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Fromelles59669 km N1,16125.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Nesles62705 km NW1,09521.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · 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 Susville'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
Chainaz-les-Frasses7497 km N68136.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villard74153 km N94742.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sylvestre74104 km N59535.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Quintal74105 km N1,25742.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Curienne7374 km N70434.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Youx63269 km NW86422.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %