Vaulx-Milieu

Isère · CA Porte de l'Isère (CAPI) · INSEE 38530

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 56/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaulx-Milieu (INSEE 38530) is in Isère (38), part of CA Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). Population 2,472 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 56/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 8,320 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.65	10	6.48
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GUILLAUME TH). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INTERALIM · AFRAM DMC). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (101 EXPRESS · L'EMBUSCADE · GELADAL · ALLO PIZZA 38). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA GARE · LE DODO BAR RESTAURANT). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HERRIOT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE CHINI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VAULXOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAULX MILIEU RP RP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (AMELIE COIFFURE · UN HAIR DORE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GUILLAUME TH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	INTERALIM · AFRAM DMC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	101 EXPRESS · L'EMBUSCADE · GELADAL · ALLO PIZZA 38	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DE LA GARE · LE DODO BAR RESTAURANT	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HERRIOT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTOPHE CHINI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VAULXOISE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VAULX MILIEU RP RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	AMELIE COIFFURE · UN HAIR DORE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Friday 7h00 à 12h00 sous la halle. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 641 peak 2017: 2,553 2023: 2,472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,396 (2012) → 2,472 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 2,153 (1990) → 2,472 (2023): 14.8 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,146, of which 1.1 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.3 km SW 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 (Vaulx-Milieu): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Vaulx-Milieu): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Vaulx-Milieu): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villefontaine): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vaulx-Milieu): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.7

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 9.9 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[12]

The village sits 133 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 9.9 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 133 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 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURGOIN, 9.9 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38530/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.vaulx-milieu.fr/le-marche-hebdomadaire/— “Chaque vendredi matin, de 7h00 à 12h00, vous trouverez sous la halle”
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/450dd6c7-4add-30b7-880b-4bad131a36bc— “Chaque vendredi matin, de 7h à 12h, vous trouverez sous la halle une variété de commerçants itinérants tels que des primeurs, des bouchers/charcutiers/traiteurs, des fromagers et spécialités cuisine Asiatique (sous réserve de modifications).”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38530/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38530/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38530/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38530
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38553
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
Nersac	16	399 km W	2,246	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nohanent	63	167 km W	2,203	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montagny	69	34 km W	3,218	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Kaltenhouse	67	406 km NE	2,412	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Frelinghien	59	591 km N	2,609	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain	02	441 km N	2,616	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montagny	69	34 km W	3,218	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Nohanent	63	167 km W	2,203	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Nersac	16	399 km W	2,246	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Kaltenhouse	67	406 km NE	2,412	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain	02	441 km N	2,616	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Frelinghien	59	591 km N	2,609	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · 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 Vaulx-Milieu'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
Nersac	16	399 km W	2,246	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel	16	395 km W	3,196	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Crissey	71	136 km N	2,485	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pommiers	69	54 km NW	2,618	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jardin	38	25 km SW	2,178	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon	69	51 km NW	2,252	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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