Brion

Ain · CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération · INSEE 01063

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brion (INSEE 01063) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 592 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/01063-brion

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,156 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.09
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ATELIER BY K). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	L'ATELIER BY K	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 215 2023: 592 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 517 (2012) → 592 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 587 (1990) → 592 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 1.4 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km EPharmacy — 1.6 km EBakery — 1.7 km EGP — 2.4 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 (Montréal-la-Cluse): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Port): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montréal-la-Cluse): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montréal-la-Cluse): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brion): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.1

Days at or below 0 °C 91.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VIEU weather station, 8.7 km away at 616 m; the village itself is at 477 m. ^[11]

The village sits 139 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 10.6 km away at 596 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 119 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 1,686 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NANTUA, 4.9 km away at 483 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 — 01063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01265
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01063
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
Lanne	65	551 km SW	598	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %
Fessenheim-le-Bas	67	312 km NE	570	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Wangen	67	308 km NE	639	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Mittelbergheim	67	286 km NE	593	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Narcastet	64	566 km SW	753	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 5 % · humidity 7 %
Rosières	81	355 km SW	716	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 7 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mittelbergheim	67	286 km NE	593	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Wangen	67	308 km NE	639	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Fessenheim-le-Bas	67	312 km NE	570	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Rosières	81	355 km SW	716	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 7 % · humidity 71 %
Lanne	65	551 km SW	598	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %
Narcastet	64	566 km SW	753	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 5 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Brion'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
Plaine-de-Walsch	57	304 km N	601	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Béard-Géovreissiat	01	2.1 km N	1,048	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ponsonnas	38	144 km S	288	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Port	01	1.8 km SE	832	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nâves-Parmelan	74	56 km SE	1,000	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Veuve	51	331 km N	602	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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