Valencogne

Identity

Valencogne (INSEE 38520) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Vals du Dauphiné. Population 666 (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/38520-valencogne

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,637 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA DIBONA). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CHANTEGRENOUILLE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 622 (2012) → 666 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 410 (1990) → 666 (2023): 62.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 3.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Charancieu): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villages du Lac de Paladru): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montferrat): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Les Abrets en Dauphiné): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Valencogne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 10.7 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 575 m. ^[13]

The village sits 291 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 16.7 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 275 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CHARAVINES, 7.7 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38520/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38520/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38520/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38520/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38080
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38292
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38256
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38001
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38520
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024