Collonges

Ain · CA du Pays de Gex · INSEE 01109

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

Partly served 53.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Collonges (INSEE 01109) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Pays de Gex. Population 2,398 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01109-collonges

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 8,495 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE RENDEZ-VOUS DES GOURMETS · LE TEA BISCUIT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GRAIN ET FEUILLE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE MAL ASSIS · EPG - ELECTRICITE PAYS DE GEX · SPARTACUS · HB AKO PIZZA CONCEPT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUC HUMBERTCLAUDE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PRESCHEZ). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT CTRE-EST · CAISSE LOCA CRED AGRIC MUTUEL COLLONGES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CATHERINE COIFFURE · MAISON CHARLOTTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE RENDEZ-VOUS DES GOURMETS · LE TEA BISCUIT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GRAIN ET FEUILLE	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	RESTAURANT LE MAL ASSIS · EPG - ELECTRICITE PAYS DE GEX · SPARTACUS · HB AKO PIZZA CONCEPT	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LUC HUMBERTCLAUDE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PRESCHEZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT CTRE-EST · CAISSE LOCA CRED AGRIC MUTUEL COLLONGES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CATHERINE COIFFURE · MAISON CHARLOTTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 901 2023: 2,398 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,046 (2012) → 2,398 (2023): 17.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,000 (1990) → 2,398 (2023): 139.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,126, of which 4.6 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.3 km NE 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 (Collonges): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Collonges): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Collonges): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Collonges): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Collonges): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 98.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BELLEGARDE weather station, 9 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 491 m. ^[9]

The village sits 141 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE, 9 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 141 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,264 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BELLEGARDE MAN, 5.9 km away at 500 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01109/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01109/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01109/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01109/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01109
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
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	85	579 km W	2,421	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Plonéis	29	793 km W	2,409	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Creully sur Seulles	14	595 km NW	2,261	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Guiclan	29	790 km NW	2,585	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Fresnais	35	644 km NW	2,509	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Le Cheylas	38	86 km S	2,389	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 32 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Cheylas	38	86 km S	2,389	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 32 %
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	85	579 km W	2,421	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Creully sur Seulles	14	595 km NW	2,261	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Fresnais	35	644 km NW	2,509	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Guiclan	29	790 km NW	2,585	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Plonéis	29	793 km W	2,409	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Collonges'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
Mamirolle	25	119 km N	1,988	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu	38	77 km SW	2,148	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Riom-ès-Montagnes	15	269 km W	2,405	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montrottier	69	118 km W	1,400	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boëge	74	39 km E	1,983	61.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monnetier-Mornex	74	25 km E	2,362	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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