Viriville

Isère · CC Bièvre Isère · INSEE 38561

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

Partly served 55.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viriville (INSEE 38561) is in Isère (38), part of CC Bièvre Isère. Population 1,713 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38561-viriville

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 86 % of the 10,648 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.93	10	9.35
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE CHAMBARAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON FERAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (DUCA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (VIN'SUSHI). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DES CHASSEURS). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIAN ARTIS, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE DEGROOTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIRIVILLE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE À VIRIVILLE VIRIVILLE THODURE MARNANS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR LIBRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DE CHAMBARAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON FERAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	DUCA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	VIN'SUSHI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AUBERGE DES CHASSEURS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CHRISTIAN ARTIS, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE DEGROOTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE HOUSER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VIRIVILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE À VIRIVILLE VIRIVILLE THODURE MARNANS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	HAIR LIBRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,101 2023: 1,713 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,635 (2012) → 1,713 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,194 (1990) → 1,713 (2023): 43.5 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 855, of which 4.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Viriville): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Viriville): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Viriville): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Viriville): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Viriville): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.5

Days at or below 0 °C 72.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA COTE ST ANDRE weather station, 6.2 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 355 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GRENOBLE-ST GEOIRS, 10 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA COTE ST ANDRE, 6.2 km away at 346 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38561/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/988fe54c-5a5a-3bb6-b43f-4e4fff574a40— “Le marché des 4 saisons producteurs et artisanats”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/70708a13-c535-367c-b8de-09f3a779866c— “Marché de Viriville”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38561/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38561/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38561/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38561
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
Pomarez	40	514 km W	1,642	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 51 %
Arthez-de-Béarn	64	506 km W	1,837	55.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 21 %
Mélisey	70	291 km N	1,625	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Cuisery	71	139 km N	1,576	62.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Rocroi	08	515 km N	2,270	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	334 km W	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuisery	71	139 km N	1,576	62.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Mélisey	70	291 km N	1,625	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	334 km W	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Arthez-de-Béarn	64	506 km W	1,837	55.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 21 %
Pomarez	40	514 km W	1,642	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 51 %
Rocroi	08	515 km N	2,270	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Viriville'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
Perreux	42	116 km NW	2,111	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Verdun-Ciel	71	177 km N	1,811	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-en-Bresse	71	167 km N	1,905	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain	10	339 km N	2,437	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gy	70	237 km N	1,049	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-des-Arnauds	05	103 km SE	1,685	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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