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Vourey

Isère · CA du Pays Voironnais · INSEE 38566

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vourey (INSEE 38566) is in Isère (38), part of CA du Pays Voironnais. Population 1,688 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/38566-vourey

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 10,740 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.88
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.87108.66
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE TROUILLOUD). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATHALIE CASAGRANDE, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE CLÉPOINT, MÉDECIN · LINA NOUR CADORET, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON ARTISAN COIFFEUR). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE TROUILLOUDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3NATHALIE CASAGRANDE, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE CLÉPOINT, MÉDECIN · LINA NOUR CADORET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1VOUREY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE SALON ARTISAN COIFFEURINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Sunday. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 672 peak 2017: 1,705 2023: 1,688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,609 (2012) → 1,688 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 1,236 (1990) → 1,688 (2023): 36.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 750, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.3 km NW (Renage)Pharmacy — 2.5 km SW (Tullins)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.3 km NWPharmacy — 2.5 km SW 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 (Vourey): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Food shop (Renage): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

GP (Vourey): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Tullins): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Vourey): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the COUBLEVIE weather station, 7.1 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 204 m. [13]

The village sits 96 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at COUBLEVIE, 7.1 km away at 300 m, over 19 summers. [13]

That station sits 96 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at TULLINS, 3.1 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38566/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://commune-vourey.fr/commerces-et-services/— “Il y a le principal à Vourey, de la boulangerie aux produits fermiers bio, en passant par le marché du dimanche ainsi qu'un café/restaurant.”
  6. DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9febff5e-6cae-3fb2-bb13-18d31834e730— “Retrouvez tous les dimanches matins le marché alimentaire de Vourey.”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38566/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38566/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38566/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38566
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38332
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38517
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame74110 km NE1,71347Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Schœneck57446 km N2,43529.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Mardeuil51432 km N1,45721.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Méaulte80561 km N1,28535.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-Écalles76583 km NW1,69834Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Camphin-en-Carembault59607 km N1,73737.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame74110 km NE1,71347Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Mardeuil51432 km N1,45721.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Schœneck57446 km N2,43529.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Méaulte80561 km N1,28535.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-Écalles76583 km NW1,69834Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Camphin-en-Carembault59607 km N1,73737.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Vourey'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Clonas-sur-Varèze3858 km W1,53537.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Roches-de-Condrieu3861 km W2,05542Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Alban-du-Rhône3861 km W96531.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvallon2671 km SW1,65935.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montéléger2670 km SW1,67331.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cambon81305 km SW2,12740.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %