Chanay

Identity

Chanay (INSEE 01082) is in Ain (01), part of CC Terre Valserhône (CCTV). Population 574 (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/01082-chanay

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,317 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE VIP). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 636 (2012) → 574 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 410 (1990) → 574 (2023): 40 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 291, of which 11 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Challonges): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bassy): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seyssel): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Seyssel): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chanay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BELLEGARDE weather station, 9.4 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 495 m. ^[12]

The village sits 145 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE, 9.4 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 145 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,306 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SEYSSEL, 6.5 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01082/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01082/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01082/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01082/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74055
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74029
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01407
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01082
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024