Vaujany

Identity

Vaujany (INSEE 38527) is in Isère (38), part of CC de l'Oisans. Population 357 (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/38527-vaujany

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 18,074 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (KER ALP'PAIN). ^[3,4]

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

10 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LES AIRELLES · L'ETERLOU · LE GROS MACHIN · LA TABLE DE LA FARE · AU P'TIT TRUC). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT LES AIRELLES · LE QG). ^[4]

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

1 × Cinema (CINEMA DE VAUJANY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (POLE SPORTS ET LOISIRS). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE V). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 303 (2012) → 357 (2023): 17.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 357 (2023): 47.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,023, of which 81.6 % second homes and 0.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vaujany): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaujany): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Allemond): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Allemond): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Allemond): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 154 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VAUJANY weather station, 2.6 km away at 772 m; the village itself is at 1,231 m. ^[10]

The village sits 459 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ALPE-D'HUEZ, 7.7 km away at 1,860 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 629 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,302 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VAUJANY, 2.6 km away at 772 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38527/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38527/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38527/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38527/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38527
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38005
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024