Curciat-Dongalon

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01139

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

No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Curciat-Dongalon (INSEE 01139) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 472 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01139-curciat-dongalon

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 17,917 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 725 2023: 472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 451 (2012) → 472 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 449 (1990) → 472 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 9.1 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.3 km NEFood shop — 6.2 km SEGP — 6.3 km WPharmacy — 6.3 km W 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 (Montpont-en-Bresse): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cormoz): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Curciat-Dongalon): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE weather station, 8.8 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COURTES, 5.2 km away at 211 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01139/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01139/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01139/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01139/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71318
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01388
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01139
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
Beauval-en-Caux	76	476 km NW	464	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 54 %
Pierrecourt	76	461 km NW	474	19.7	No daily shops	no figures
Capelle-lès-Hesdin	62	489 km NW	474	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Quentin-sur-Indrois	37	325 km W	484	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Calamane	46	365 km SW	471	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 49 %
Montespan	31	507 km SW	476	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Quentin-sur-Indrois	37	325 km W	484	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Calamane	46	365 km SW	471	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 49 %
Pierrecourt	76	461 km NW	474	19.7	No daily shops	no figures
Beauval-en-Caux	76	476 km NW	464	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 54 %
Capelle-lès-Hesdin	62	489 km NW	474	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 81 %
Montespan	31	507 km SW	476	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 92 %

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Elsewhere

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