Chamrousse

Isère · CC Le Grésivaudan · INSEE 38567

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

Served 68.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chamrousse (INSEE 38567) is in Isère (38), part of CC Le Grésivaudan. Population 453 (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/38567-chamrousse

Vitality score

Vitality score 68.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 17,915 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	0.75	25	18.85
Social	1	20	20
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.33
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (L'ALPAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA GRIGNOTTE). ^[3,4]

6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE · SHERCHAM · SHERPA 1700 · CASINO SHOP). ^[3,4]

22 × Restaurant (LA TAVERNE DU GAULOIS · DUBUISSON LACORD FREMION · LE BOUCANIER · RESTAURATION · RON DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

8 × Café / bar (L'ICEBERG CAFE · RE STORE · LA SALINIERE · L'ETABLE · LE SORBIER). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YANNICK TOILLON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMROUSSE L'OLYMPIC). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE SCHUSS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DE L ARLESIENNE). ^[3]

13 × Hotel (SCOL'VOYAGES · CHALET LE BELLEDONNE · CHALET DES ALPAGES · LE DOMAINE DE L'ARSELLE · AUBERGE DU VIRAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES CHALETS DES CIMES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ALPAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA GRIGNOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	6	DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE · SHERCHAM · SHERPA 1700 · CASINO SHOP	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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	22	LA TAVERNE DU GAULOIS · DUBUISSON LACORD FREMION · LE BOUCANIER · RESTAURATION · RON DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4]
Café / bar	8	L'ICEBERG CAFE · RE STORE · LA SALINIERE · L'ETABLE · LE SORBIER	INSEE SIRENE 8 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROCHE BERANGER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	YANNICK TOILLON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VAUCHE	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	CHAMROUSSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMROUSSE L'OLYMPIC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE SCHUSS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DE L ARLESIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	13	SCOL'VOYAGES · CHALET LE BELLEDONNE · CHALET DES ALPAGES · LE DOMAINE DE L'ARSELLE · AUBERGE DU VIRAGE	INSEE SIRENE 13 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES CHALETS DES CIMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 718 2023: 453 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 467 (2012) → 453 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 544 (1990) → 453 (2023): -16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,020, of which 92.4 % second homes and 0.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km SBakery — 1.7 km N 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 (Chamrousse): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chamrousse): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chamrousse): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chamrousse): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chamrousse): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0▸

Days at or below 0 °C 131.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 131 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHAMROUSSE weather station, 1.9 km away at 1,730 m; the village itself is at 1,736 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHAMROUSSE, 1.9 km away at 1,730 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,220 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHAMROUSSE, 1.9 km away at 1,730 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38567/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38567/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38567/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38567/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 38567
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
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe	73	92 km NE	463	67.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Uvernet-Fours	04	102 km SE	499	69.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Hauteluce	73	90 km NE	734	74.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Vars	05	86 km SE	588	70.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Les Angles	66	415 km SW	597	70.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Brides-les-Bains	73	66 km NE	442	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 32 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brides-les-Bains	73	66 km NE	442	59.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 32 %
Vars	05	86 km SE	588	70.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Hauteluce	73	90 km NE	734	74.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe	73	92 km NE	463	67.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Uvernet-Fours	04	102 km SE	499	69.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Les Angles	66	415 km SW	597	70.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chamrousse'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
Les Orres	05	85 km SE	510	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Crest-Voland	73	91 km NE	346	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire	73	37 km NE	473	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Allos	04	114 km SE	812	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villarembert	73	35 km NE	253	66.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Valmeinier	73	48 km E	593	61.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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