Chézery-Forens

Ain · CA du Pays de Gex · INSEE 01104

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

Partly served 45.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chézery-Forens (INSEE 01104) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Pays de Gex. Population 433 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,915 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.71	10	7.13
Housing mix	0.31	5	1.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE P'TIT CHEZERY). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE ET CAFE AU REPAIRE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (RELAIS DES MOINES · GROSPIRON SERVICE CUISINE · LA GENTIANE · BORDAS BURGERS ET CREPES). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE VALSERINE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE P'TIT CHEZERY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE ET CAFE AU REPAIRE	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	4	RELAIS DES MOINES · GROSPIRON SERVICE CUISINE · LA GENTIANE · BORDAS BURGERS ET CREPES	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	CHEZERY FORENS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE VALSERINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 436 peak 2017: 467 2023: 433 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 451 (2012) → 433 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 357 (1990) → 433 (2023): 21.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 397, of which 34.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.2 km SE 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): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chézery-Forens): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Champfromier): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Péron): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chézery-Forens): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10

Days at or below 0 °C 59.9

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GIRON weather station, 7.1 km away at 1,009 m; the village itself is at 587 m. ^[11]

The village sits 422 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, 15.7 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 237 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, 7.1 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 — 01104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01288
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
Talairan	11	434 km SW	440	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 49 % · humidity 29 %
Charroux	03	208 km W	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	760 km NW	447	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Cruzières	07	249 km SW	467	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Brennilis	29	770 km W	454	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Valbonnais	38	147 km S	520	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valbonnais	38	147 km S	520	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Charroux	03	208 km W	335	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Cruzières	07	249 km SW	467	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Talairan	11	434 km SW	440	45	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 49 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Michel-en-Grève	22	760 km NW	447	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Brennilis	29	770 km W	454	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chézery-Forens'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
Olette	66	498 km SW	360	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Caylar	34	330 km SW	460	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Thannenkirch	68	248 km NE	451	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Clergoux	19	320 km W	408	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Brouvelieures	88	233 km N	405	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Martys	11	420 km SW	309	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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