Ambronay

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01007

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

Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambronay (INSEE 01007) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 2,841 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01007-ambronay

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 7,447 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.23
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SASU TRIBHOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA CUISINE DE L'ABBAYE · AU BUREAU AMBRONAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MINO BAR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIC BARD, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS BLANCHON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (AMBRONAY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNCIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SALON JOSIANE · NOUVEL' HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SASU TRIBHOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LA CUISINE DE L'ABBAYE · AU BUREAU AMBRONAY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MINO BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FREDERIC BARD, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS BLANCHON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D AMBRONAY	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	AMBRONAY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNCIPALE	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	3	SALON JOSIANE · NOUVEL' HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,193 2023: 2,841 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,437 (2012) → 2,841 (2023): 16.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,996 (1990) → 2,841 (2023): 42.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,315, of which 2.9 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km SBakery — 0.7 km SE 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 (Ambronay): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambronay): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ambronay): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ambronay): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ambronay): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.4

Days at or below 0 °C 63.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AMBERIEU weather station, 4.3 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 259 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 4.3 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,107 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AMBERIEU, 4.3 km away at 250 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 — 01007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01007
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
Cellettes	41	347 km NW	2,715	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Bérat	31	441 km SW	3,087	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Vouneuil-sur-Vienne	86	378 km W	2,277	50.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Elliant	29	735 km W	3,427	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
La Boixe	16	406 km W	2,841	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Miremont	31	428 km SW	2,838	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cellettes	41	347 km NW	2,715	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Vouneuil-sur-Vienne	86	378 km W	2,277	50.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
La Boixe	16	406 km W	2,841	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Miremont	31	428 km SW	2,838	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Bérat	31	441 km SW	3,087	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Elliant	29	735 km W	3,427	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · 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 Ambronay'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
Orléat	63	151 km W	2,242	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-le-Martel	87	308 km W	2,606	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Marboz	01	38 km N	2,264	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Ciry-le-Noble	71	105 km NW	2,177	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux	38	76 km S	3,186	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Donzenac	19	311 km W	2,733	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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