Bâgé-le-Châtel

Ain · CC Bresse et Saône · INSEE 01026

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

Served 62.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bâgé-le-Châtel (INSEE 01026) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bresse et Saône. Population 971 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/01026-bage-le-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 14,485 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.79	10	7.93
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

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 1 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]

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BAGESIENNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MON CAFE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ARDOISE · LE COMPTOIR BAGESIEN). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENJAMIN ETIENNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (BUREAU 0340 · CAISSE LOCAL CREDIT AGRICOLE BAGE CHATEL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MON EMMANUELLE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE CLAITTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BAGESIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	MON CAFE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ARDOISE · LE COMPTOIR BAGESIEN	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)	1	BENJAMIN ETIENNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	2	BUREAU 0340 · CAISSE LOCAL CREDIT AGRICOLE BAGE CHATEL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MON EMMANUELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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]

Trajectory

1968: 568 2023: 971 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 829 (2012) → 971 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 751 (1990) → 971 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 1 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.6 km NE 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 (Bâgé-le-Châtel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bâgé-le-Châtel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bâgé-le-Châtel): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bâgé-Dommartin): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bâgé-le-Châtel): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE weather station, 17.5 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[11]

An average of 918 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAGE, 3.3 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ee9fd171-5b3e-3838-b77e-e6919c784dd4— “Marché de producteurs”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01025
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
Saint-Martin-Lestra	42	79 km SW	947	70.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 100 %
Neufmanil	08	390 km N	985	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Freistroff	57	351 km N	1,000	37.7	Few services	no figures
Augy	89	191 km NW	954	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Les Rairies	49	417 km NW	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 %
Le Sel-de-Bretagne	35	525 km W	1,117	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-Lestra	42	79 km SW	947	70.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 100 %
Augy	89	191 km NW	954	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Freistroff	57	351 km N	1,000	37.7	Few services	no figures
Neufmanil	08	390 km N	985	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Les Rairies	49	417 km NW	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 %
Le Sel-de-Bretagne	35	525 km W	1,117	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 50 %

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