Velanne
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Velanne (INSEE 38531) is in Isère (38), part of CA du Pays Voironnais. Population 572 (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/38531-velanne
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 17,339 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.99 | 10 | 9.93 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.21 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME LE MONT CHARVET). [4,3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FERME DES PIERRES GARDEES). [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LA FERME LE MONT CHARVET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LA FERME DES PIERRES GARDEES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 506 (2012) → 572 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 383 (1990) → 572 (2023): 49.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 7.9 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Velanne): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Velanne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN weather station, 4.9 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 534 m. [10]
The village sits 250 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 15.3 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 234 m below 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 1,156 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN, 4.9 km away at 284 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38531/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38531/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38531/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38531/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38386
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38531
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campagnolles | 14 | 624 km NW | 562 | 35.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bardoux | 26 | 69 km SW | 599 | 26.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avressieux | 73 | 10 km N | 544 | 29.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Isturits | 64 | 593 km W | 537 | 30 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 % |
| Valhuon | 62 | 602 km NW | 538 | 25.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saussenac | 81 | 314 km SW | 632 | 30.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avressieux | 73 | 10 km N | 544 | 29.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Bardoux | 26 | 69 km SW | 599 | 26.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saussenac | 81 | 314 km SW | 632 | 30.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 % |
| Isturits | 64 | 593 km W | 537 | 30 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 % |
| Valhuon | 62 | 602 km NW | 538 | 25.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Campagnolles | 14 | 624 km NW | 562 | 35.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Velanne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apremont | 70 | 212 km N | 437 | 27 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Blanche | 73 | 33 km E | 596 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ondras | 38 | 8.5 km NW | 668 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vasselin | 38 | 22 km NW | 458 | 24.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chevinay | 69 | 87 km W | 580 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montcarra | 38 | 24 km NW | 612 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
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