Château-Gaillard

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01089

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Château-Gaillard (INSEE 01089) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 2,443 (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/01089-chateau-gaillard

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 8,382 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU VIEUX CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LA VILLA L · LE SEYMARD · LE BRISTOL BUS · RESTAURANT L'ETAPE · LE TROQUET BAVARD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (GWEN COIFFURE · URSULA B). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL IBIS BUDGET CHÂTEAU GAILLARD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DU VIEUX CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	6	RESTAURANT LA VILLA L · LE SEYMARD · LE BRISTOL BUS · RESTAURANT L'ETAPE · LE TROQUET BAVARD	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	3	GWEN COIFFURE · URSULA B	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL IBIS BUDGET CHÂTEAU GAILLARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 439 2023: 2,443 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,881 (2012) → 2,443 (2023): 29.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,027 (1990) → 2,443 (2023): 137.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,009, of which 2.4 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km EGP — 3.1 km SEPharmacy — 3.1 km E 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 (Château-Gaillard): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambérieu-en-Bugey): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Denis-en-Bugey): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ambérieu-en-Bugey): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Château-Gaillard): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.4

Days at or below 0 °C 63.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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

Measured at the AMBERIEU weather station, 1.9 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 238 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 1.9 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,107 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AMBERIEU, 1.9 km away at 250 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 — 01089/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01089/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01089/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01089/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01345
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
Montlaur	31	404 km SW	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 %
Fontenay-lès-Briis	91	378 km NW	2,350	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Vérines	17	484 km W	2,354	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 57 %
Chuzelles	38	54 km SW	2,366	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Cussac-Fort-Médoc	33	480 km W	2,279	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 36 %
Rurange-lès-Thionville	57	374 km N	2,327	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chuzelles	38	54 km SW	2,366	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Rurange-lès-Thionville	57	374 km N	2,327	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Fontenay-lès-Briis	91	378 km NW	2,350	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Montlaur	31	404 km SW	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 %
Cussac-Fort-Médoc	33	480 km W	2,279	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 36 %
Vérines	17	484 km W	2,354	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · 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 Château-Gaillard'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
Saint-Béron	73	62 km SE	1,713	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villemoirieu	38	29 km S	1,925	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sardieu	38	68 km S	1,193	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne	42	101 km W	1,170	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Meyenheim	68	266 km NE	2,015	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marigny-les-Usages	45	333 km NW	1,887	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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