Douvres

Identity

Douvres (INSEE 01149) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,104 (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/01149-douvres

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 13,740 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC LA BABILLIERE). ^[4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (ARTI COUPE · MECHE REBELLE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 993 (2012) → 1,104 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 606 (1990) → 1,104 (2023): 82.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 502, of which 3.4 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ambronay): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambronay): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ambérieu-en-Bugey): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ambronay): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Douvres): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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, 3.7 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 276 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 3.7 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, 3.7 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

40 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 274,000 € — 2,500 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 180,000 € — 1,563 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01149/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01149/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01149/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01149/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01007
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01004
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01149
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025