Farges

Ain · CA du Pays de Gex · INSEE 01158

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

Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Farges (INSEE 01158) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Pays de Gex. Population 1,082 (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/01158-farges

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 13,848 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA ROULETTE DES SAVEURS). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FARGES RP). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LA ROULETTE DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA POSTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	FARGES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 415 2023: 1,082 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 919 (2012) → 1,082 (2023): 17.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 559 (1990) → 1,082 (2023): 93.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 520, of which 5 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km NEFood shop — 2.4 km SBakery — 2.6 km NEPharmacy — 2.6 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 (Péron): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Collonges): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Péron): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Péron): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Farges): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 100.7▸

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 101 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELLEGARDE weather station, 11.4 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 514 m. ^[11]

The village sits 164 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE, 11.4 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 164 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 1,264 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BELLEGARDE MAN, 8.4 km away at 500 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 — 01158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01288
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01158
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
Artolsheim	67	260 km NE	1,005	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Roncourt	57	338 km N	1,058	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hinglé	22	651 km NW	927	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Avenay-Val-d'Or	51	351 km NW	956	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Neschers	63	222 km W	908	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Chiry-Ourscamp	60	436 km NW	1,093	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neschers	63	222 km W	908	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Artolsheim	67	260 km NE	1,005	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Roncourt	57	338 km N	1,058	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay-Val-d'Or	51	351 km NW	956	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Chiry-Ourscamp	60	436 km NW	1,093	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Le Hinglé	22	651 km NW	927	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 7 % · 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 Farges'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
Montagny-les-Lanches	74	36 km S	830	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Maillat	01	29 km W	669	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pougny	01	4.8 km SE	871	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villy-le-Pelloux	74	26 km SE	1,062	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-en-Sallaz	74	40 km E	899	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Enchenberg	57	334 km N	1,206	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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