Champfromier

Ain · CC Terre Valserhône (CCTV) · INSEE 01081

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

Partly served 50.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champfromier (INSEE 01081) is in Ain (01), part of CC Terre Valserhône (CCTV). Population 725 (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/01081-champfromier

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 16,267 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHAPUIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE GROSREY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMPFROMIER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMPFROMIER LE CHAMP DU LIVRE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (IOLITE COIFFURE · AU SALON DE MARLENE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES GEORENNES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHAPUIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CATHERINE GROSREY, 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	CHAMPFROMIER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHAMPFROMIER LE CHAMP DU LIVRE	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	2	IOLITE COIFFURE · AU SALON DE MARLENE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES GEORENNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 428 peak 2017: 729 2023: 725 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 696 (2012) → 725 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 440 (1990) → 725 (2023): 64.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 463, of which 14.3 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.8 km NEPharmacy — 5.8 km S 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 (Chézery-Forens): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champfromier): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Champfromier): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Valserhône): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Champfromier): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.9

Days at or below 0 °C 64.1

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GIRON weather station, 5.1 km away at 1,009 m; the village itself is at 644 m. ^[11]

The village sits 365 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 BELLEGARDE, 12 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 294 m below 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 1,658 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GIRON, 5.1 km away at 1,009 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 — 01081/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01081/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01081/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01081/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01033
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
Vallenay	18	272 km W	687	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Colombier-le-Jeune	07	158 km SW	563	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Simorre	32	504 km SW	688	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Agnan	71	153 km W	697	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Oye-et-Pallet	25	83 km NE	709	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Soueich	31	530 km SW	514	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Oye-et-Pallet	25	83 km NE	709	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnan	71	153 km W	697	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Colombier-le-Jeune	07	158 km SW	563	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Vallenay	18	272 km W	687	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Simorre	32	504 km SW	688	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 %
Soueich	31	530 km SW	514	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Champfromier'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
Noyelles-sur-Mer	80	538 km NW	636	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Luchy	60	464 km NW	682	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vertolaye	63	174 km W	562	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-Lardeyrol	43	188 km SW	771	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis	11	424 km SW	523	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	34 km S	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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