La Tour-du-Pin
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 63.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Tour-du-Pin (INSEE 38509) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 8,111 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 63.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 85 % of the 2,985 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 12.94 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.28 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.58 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.7 | 10 | 6.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE JAS · PATISSERIE VERMARE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LA BOUCHERIE DES ALPES · BOUCHERIE NORD). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BEN EL HAJ SALWA · VIVAL). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGE ET TERROIR). [4]
22 × Restaurant (FERRAND DOMINIQUE · SALMA BULENT · PLANETE FAST FOOD · LE BAMBOU). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LA CASE CREOLE · LE P'TIT BAR · PRUNELL BAR RESTAURANT CHEZ YAFET FIDELE). [4]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE J. ROSTAND · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PASTEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE THEVENON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE LE CALLOUD · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT BRUNO). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE CHARPENTIER-CHICOINEAU, MÉDECIN · CECILE BALDY-GARCIA, MÉDECIN · DIDIER REYNIER, MÉDECIN · MIGUEL GONZALEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GUILLET · PHARMACIE DES DAUPHINS · PHARMACIE DALLUT-PRAT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE LA TOUR DU PIN LA PASSERELLE). [3]
1 × Cinema (AUDITORIUM EQUINOXE). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE FRISON ROCHE · HALLE DES SPORTS · GYMNASE). [3]
10 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CAM CTRE EST TOUR PIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BUREAU 213 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL LA TOUR DU PIN · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
18 × Hairdresser (PACIFIC COIFFURE · MON COIFFEUR EXCLUSIF · RABATEL ANNE-MARIE · COIF'MOD · COIF'MEN'S). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE FRANCE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 2 × Bank, 5 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE JAS · PATISSERIE VERMARE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | SARL LA BOUCHERIE DES ALPES · BOUCHERIE NORD | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | BEN EL HAJ SALWA · VIVAL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | FROMAGE ET TERROIR | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 22 | FERRAND DOMINIQUE · SALMA BULENT · PLANETE FAST FOOD · LE BAMBOU | INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 31 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LA CASE CREOLE · LE P'TIT BAR · PRUNELL BAR RESTAURANT CHEZ YAFET FIDELE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE J. ROSTAND · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PASTEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE THEVENON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE LE CALLOUD · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT BRUNO | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | MARIE CHARPENTIER-CHICOINEAU, MÉDECIN · CECILE BALDY-GARCIA, MÉDECIN · DIDIER REYNIER, MÉDECIN · MIGUEL GONZALEZ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE GUILLET · PHARMACIE DES DAUPHINS · PHARMACIE DALLUT-PRAT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE DE LA TOUR DU PIN LA PASSERELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | AUDITORIUM EQUINOXE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE FRISON ROCHE · HALLE DES SPORTS · GYMNASE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 10 | CAISSE LOCALE CAM CTRE EST TOUR PIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BUREAU 213 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL LA TOUR DU PIN · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 18 | PACIFIC COIFFURE · MON COIFFEUR EXCLUSIF · RABATEL ANNE-MARIE · COIF'MOD · COIF'MEN'S | INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL DE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 7,927 (2012) → 8,111 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 6,770 (1990) → 8,111 (2023): 19.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,391, of which 1.7 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Tour-du-Pin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Tour-du-Pin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Tour-du-Pin): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Tour-du-Pin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Tour-du-Pin): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 3 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 322 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 11.5 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 1,012 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CESSIEU, 3 km away at 304 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 — 38509/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/fc46d227-0a4c-3ba9-a9a9-33d237808732— “Marché Hebdomadaire de La Tour-du-Pin”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38509/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38509/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38509/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38509
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vert-Saint-Denis | 77 | 397 km NW | 9,291 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chessy | 77 | 421 km NW | 7,771 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaines-sur-Saône | 69 | 56 km NW | 6,957 | 57.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 % |
| Guingamp | 22 | 731 km NW | 7,111 | 71.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Arbresle | 69 | 71 km NW | 6,537 | 63 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 42 | 92 km W | 10,425 | 66.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaines-sur-Saône | 69 | 56 km NW | 6,957 | 57.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 % |
| L'Arbresle | 69 | 71 km NW | 6,537 | 63 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 42 | 92 km W | 10,425 | 66.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vert-Saint-Denis | 77 | 397 km NW | 9,291 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chessy | 77 | 421 km NW | 7,771 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guingamp | 22 | 731 km NW | 7,111 | 71.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 La Tour-du-Pin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Claude | 39 | 98 km N | 8,386 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 73 | 77 km SE | 7,524 | 68.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Challes-les-Eaux | 73 | 42 km E | 5,630 | 56.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valserhône | 01 | 68 km NE | 16,712 | 64 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reignier-Ésery | 74 | 91 km NE | 8,464 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vesoul | 70 | 235 km N | 15,078 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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