Villard-Saint-Christophe

Identity

Villard-Saint-Christophe (INSEE 38552) is in Isère (38), part of CC de la Matheysine. Population 397 (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/38552-villard-saint-christophe

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 18,022 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 402 (2012) → 397 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 226 (1990) → 397 (2023): 75.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 10.5 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pierre-Châtel): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierre-Châtel): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laffrey): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Motte-d'Aveillans): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villard-Saint-Christophe): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 151 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA MURE- RADOME weather station, 5 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 1,051 m. ^[12]

The village sits 166 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 5 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 166 m below 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 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA MURE- RADOME, 5 km away at 885 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 170,000 € — 1,889 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Isère is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38552/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38552/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38552/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38552/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38304
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38203
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38265
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38552
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025