Vertrieu

Isère · CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné · INSEE 38539

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vertrieu (INSEE 38539) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 608 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/38539-vertrieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,983 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

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

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ALCATRAO ARMINDA · LES EXTENSIONS D'ELODIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	ALCATRAO ARMINDA · LES EXTENSIONS D'ELODIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 263 peak 2012: 661 2023: 608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 661 (2012) → 608 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 396 (1990) → 608 (2023): 53.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 12.4 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.3 km NBakery — 1.4 km NFood shop — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 3.5 km NW 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 (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lagnieu): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lagnieu): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vertrieu): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 57.7

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURTENAY weather station, 15 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 208 m. ^[11]

The village sits 107 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]

An average of 1,057 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COURTENAY, 15 km away at 315 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 — 38539/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38539/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38539/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38539/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01386
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38539
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
Pailhès	34	322 km SW	622	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 46 %
Paulhac	43	170 km W	590	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Ferréol	74	74 km E	874	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Vescemont	90	237 km NE	717	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Autouillet	78	426 km NW	665	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 99 %
Plaine-de-Walsch	57	340 km N	601	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 68 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ferréol	74	74 km E	874	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Paulhac	43	170 km W	590	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Vescemont	90	237 km NE	717	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Pailhès	34	322 km SW	622	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 46 %
Plaine-de-Walsch	57	340 km N	601	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 68 %
Autouillet	78	426 km NW	665	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 99 %

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