Veyssilieu

Identity

Veyssilieu (INSEE 38542) is in Isère (38), part of CC Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Population 328 (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/38542-veyssilieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 17,972 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES ROUTARDISES). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 286 (2012) → 328 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 225 (1990) → 328 (2023): 45.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 15.5 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Moras): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Frontonas): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Veyssilieu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOURGOIN weather station, 10.6 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 281 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BOURGOIN, 10.6 km away at 358 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 77 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 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PONT-DE-CHERUY, 8.5 km away at 202 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38542/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38542/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38542/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38542/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38260
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38415
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38176
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38542
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024