Blyes

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01047

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

Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blyes (INSEE 01047) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,401 (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/01047-blyes

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 12,092 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LA MIETTE D'ADRIPAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DE BLYES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES TERRASSES DES BROTTAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BLYES ART CAFE LPR RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DE BLYES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MAISON GHISLAINE DUFAUD). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE RICCOTY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIETTE D'ADRIPAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER DE BLYES	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	1	LES TERRASSES DES BROTTAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	BLYES ART CAFE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU DE BLYES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MAISON GHISLAINE DUFAUD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE RICCOTY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 147 2023: 1,401 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 915 (2012) → 1,401 (2023): 53.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 535 (1990) → 1,401 (2023): 161.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 566, of which 2.5 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.6 km WPharmacy — 5.0 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 (Blyes): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blyes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Jean-de-Niost): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 67.3

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LOYETTES weather station, 4.5 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 11.2 km away at 196 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 990 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LOYETTES, 4.5 km away at 198 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 — 01047/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01047/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01047/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01047/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01378
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
Lavoux	86	373 km W	1,192	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ormes	86	377 km W	1,613	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Estèphe	33	473 km W	1,638	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	628 km NW	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Berné	56	698 km NW	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Ménestreau-en-Villette	45	321 km NW	1,370	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ménestreau-en-Villette	45	321 km NW	1,370	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 88 %
Lavoux	86	373 km W	1,192	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ormes	86	377 km W	1,613	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Estèphe	33	473 km W	1,638	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Guyomard	56	628 km NW	1,468	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Berné	56	698 km NW	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Blyes'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
Bougé-Chambalud	38	63 km SW	1,467	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sonnay	38	61 km SW	1,234	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	3.6 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ansouis	84	235 km S	1,064	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Callas	83	270 km SE	2,124	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Côme-d'Olt	12	242 km SW	1,449	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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