Charix

Identity

Charix (INSEE 01087) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 280 (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/01087-charix

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,687 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 ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC GENIN). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU LAC GENIN). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 283 (2012) → 280 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 261 (1990) → 280 (2023): 7.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 179, of which 14.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Plagne): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Poizat-Lalleyriat): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nantua): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nantua): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Charix): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GIRON weather station, 8.8 km away at 1,009 m; the village itself is at 783 m. ^[12]

The village sits 226 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ARBENT, 10.7 km away at 534 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 249 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 1,722 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LALLEYRIAT, 4 km away at 810 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 — 01087/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01087/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01087/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01087/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01298
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01204
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01269
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01087
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024