Bresse Vallons
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bresse Vallons (INSEE 01130) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 2,388 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Étrez (01154). [3]
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/01130-bresse-vallons
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 60 % of the 8,508 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 | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE GALLET · L'ATELIER DU PAIN). [4,5]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX SAVEURS CAMPAGNARDES). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant. [4,5]
1 × Café / bar (AU PAIN SON). [5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE ROUX, MÉDECIN). [4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (CRAS SUR REYSSOUZE RP · BRESSE VALLONS COMPTOIR DE CAMPA RP). [4]
2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CRAS SUR REYSSOUZE · BIBLIOTHEQUE D' ETREZ ETREZ). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE L ECOLE). [4]
5 × Hairdresser (INFINI STYL'CAROLE · UNIV'HAIR COIFFURE · LA BOITE A CISEAUX · L'HAIR AUDACIEUX). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [5,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOULANGERIE GALLET · L'ATELIER DU PAIN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | AUX SAVEURS CAMPAGNARDES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU PAIN SON | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CLAUDE ROUX, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | CRAS SUR REYSSOUZE RP · BRESSE VALLONS COMPTOIR DE CAMPA RP | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 2 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CRAS SUR REYSSOUZE · BIBLIOTHEQUE D' ETREZ ETREZ | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DE L ECOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | INFINI STYL'CAROLE · UNIV'HAIR COIFFURE · LA BOITE A CISEAUX · L'HAIR AUDACIEUX | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,164 (2012) → 2,388 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,356 (1990) → 2,388 (2023): 76.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,020, of which 1.7 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bresse Vallons): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bresse Vallons): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Attignat): 2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Attignat): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Attignat): 2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS weather station, 8.8 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 200 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 14.8 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 60 m above 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 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS, 8.8 km away at 243 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 — 01130/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01130/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01130/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01130/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01130
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Félines | 07 | 115 km S | 1,934 | 50.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Meillac | 35 | 575 km NW | 1,974 | 45.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Val d'Arry | 14 | 531 km NW | 2,496 | 47.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Drefféac | 44 | 564 km W | 2,288 | 39 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gragnague | 31 | 406 km SW | 2,553 | 57.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Treffléan | 56 | 609 km W | 2,572 | 52.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Félines | 07 | 115 km S | 1,934 | 50.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gragnague | 31 | 406 km SW | 2,553 | 57.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Val d'Arry | 14 | 531 km NW | 2,496 | 47.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Drefféac | 44 | 564 km W | 2,288 | 39 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meillac | 35 | 575 km NW | 1,974 | 45.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Treffléan | 56 | 609 km W | 2,572 | 52.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 65 % · 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 Bresse Vallons'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valdivienne | 86 | 348 km W | 2,715 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marboz | 01 | 7.9 km NE | 2,264 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prémilhat | 03 | 202 km W | 2,540 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lombron | 72 | 409 km NW | 1,960 | 36.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Germain | 10 | 233 km N | 2,437 | 50.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ingrandes | 86 | 357 km W | 1,709 | 42.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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