Charnoz-sur-Ain

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01088

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charnoz-sur-Ain (INSEE 01088) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 951 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/01088-charnoz-sur-ain

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 14,631 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	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

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 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 (LE JARDIN DE CHARNOZ). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE-LUCE LECOLLIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHARNOZ-SUR-AIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	LE JARDIN DE CHARNOZ	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)	1	CECILE-LUCE LECOLLIER, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHARNOZ-SUR-AIN	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	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: 141 2023: 951 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 914 (2012) → 951 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 416 (1990) → 951 (2023): 128.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 6.1 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.6 km SFood shop — 2.6 km SPharmacy — 4.5 km NW 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 (Saint-Jean-de-Niost): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Niost): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Charnoz-sur-Ain): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meximieux): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Charnoz-sur-Ain): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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, 6.9 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 9.7 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, 6.9 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 — 01088/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01088/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01088/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01088/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01244
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
Freneuse	76	493 km NW	993	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelois	90	233 km NE	1,029	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Peuplingues	62	616 km NW	789	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Mary-sur-Marne	77	387 km NW	1,155	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ouches	42	97 km W	1,138	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Martin-la-Garenne	78	442 km NW	942	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ouches	42	97 km W	1,138	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %
Vézelois	90	233 km NE	1,029	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Mary-sur-Marne	77	387 km NW	1,155	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-la-Garenne	78	442 km NW	942	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Freneuse	76	493 km NW	993	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Peuplingues	62	616 km NW	789	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Charnoz-sur-Ain'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
Sainte-Julie	01	5.0 km NE	1,094	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Thil	01	17 km W	1,261	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Molières-Cavaillac	30	247 km SW	905	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	5.6 km NW	1,562	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Agnin	38	65 km SW	1,245	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Anjou	38	64 km SW	1,031	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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