Vatilieu

Isère · CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté · INSEE 38526

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vatilieu (INSEE 38526) is in Isère (38), part of CC Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Population 373 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,034 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.84
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'EMBUSCADE A LA COMBE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE REVOL-EFFANTIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VATILIEU). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	L'EMBUSCADE A LA COMBE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ISABELLE REVOL-EFFANTIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VATILIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 203 peak 2007: 373 2023: 373 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 371 (2012) → 373 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 315 (1990) → 373 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 6.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 5.1 km SFood shop — 5.2 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 (L'Albenc): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vinay): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vatilieu): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vinay): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vatilieu): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 55.7

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SERRE-NERPOL weather station, 5.4 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 571 m. ^[11]

The village sits 59 m below 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 14.2 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 195 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,054 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SERRE-NERPOL, 5.4 km away at 630 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38526/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38526/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38526/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38526/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38559
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38526
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
Gissey-sur-Ouche	21	229 km N	362	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lalheue	71	162 km N	363	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Saillans	33	448 km W	369	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	398 km SW	379	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Le Gué-de-Velluire	85	506 km W	525	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Loge-Fougereuse	85	495 km W	373	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lalheue	71	162 km N	363	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Gissey-sur-Ouche	21	229 km N	362	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	398 km SW	379	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Saillans	33	448 km W	369	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Loge-Fougereuse	85	495 km W	373	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Le Gué-de-Velluire	85	506 km W	525	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · 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 Vatilieu'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
Amy	60	526 km N	419	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Crécy-au-Mont	02	496 km N	335	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bovelles	80	570 km NW	425	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Aulnois-sur-Seille	57	408 km N	313	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Verdilly	02	450 km N	443	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saulxures-lès-Vannes	54	365 km N	376	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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