Vasselin

Identity

Vasselin (INSEE 38525) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 458 (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/38525-vasselin

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,923 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 469 (2012) → 458 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 239 (1990) → 458 (2023): 91.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 5.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vézeronce-Curtin): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vignieu): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morestel): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vézeronce-Curtin): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vasselin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the CESSIEU weather station, 8.4 km away at 304 m; the village itself is at 258 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 11.5 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 100 m above 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 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FAVERGES, 7.1 km away at 367 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 228,900 € — 1,378 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

8 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 138,738 € — 2,014 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38525/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38525/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38525/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38525/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38543
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38546
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38261
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38525
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025