Valromey-sur-Séran
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 22.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Valromey-sur-Séran (INSEE 01036) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bugey Sud. Population 1,351 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: Lompnieu (01221), Sutrieu (01414), Vieu (01442). [3]
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/01036-valromey-sur-seran
Vitality score
Vitality score 22.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 12,350 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.99 | 10 | 9.9 |
| Housing mix | 0.37 | 5 | 1.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (LE CHAUDRON DU DAGDA). [4,5]
1 × Hairdresser. [4,5]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LES CAUDALIES). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE CHAUDRON DU DAGDA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT LES CAUDALIES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,258 (2012) → 1,351 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 907 (1990) → 1,351 (2023): 49 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 989, of which 31.7 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Valromey-sur-Séran): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Artemare): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Artemare): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Artemare): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Artemare): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SUTRIEU weather station, 4.9 km away at 878 m; the village itself is at 433 m. [11]
The village sits 445 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SUTRIEU, 4.9 km away at 878 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 445 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,431 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SUTRIEU, 4.9 km away at 878 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 — 01036/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01036/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01036/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01036/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01036
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudeville-sur-Mer | 50 | 636 km NW | 887 | 35.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 74 % |
| Val-Sonnette | 39 | 81 km N | 1,318 | 27.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy | 88 | 273 km N | 957 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Proissans | 24 | 360 km W | 1,102 | 34.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escoutoux | 63 | 163 km W | 1,369 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis | 45 | 314 km NW | 952 | 39.1 | Few services | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Sonnette | 39 | 81 km N | 1,318 | 27.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Escoutoux | 63 | 163 km W | 1,369 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy | 88 | 273 km N | 957 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis | 45 | 314 km NW | 952 | 39.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Proissans | 24 | 360 km W | 1,102 | 34.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coudeville-sur-Mer | 50 | 636 km NW | 887 | 35.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 74 % |
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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 Valromey-sur-Séran'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Sonnette | 39 | 81 km N | 1,318 | 27.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Escoutoux | 63 | 163 km W | 1,369 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Billy | 41 | 353 km NW | 1,118 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Clarafond-Arcine | 74 | 27 km NE | 1,068 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mirabel | 07 | 169 km SW | 769 | 22.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rosoy | 89 | 309 km NW | 1,072 | 33.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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