Groissiat

Ain · CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération · INSEE 01181

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Groissiat (INSEE 01181) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 1,205 (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/01181-groissiat

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 13,191 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ML A VOTRE SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CISEAUX D'AURELIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, 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)	1	ML A VOTRE SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CISEAUX D'AURELIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 182 peak 2017: 1,229 2023: 1,205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,164 (2012) → 1,205 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 611 (1990) → 1,205 (2023): 97.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 478, of which 1.7 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 0.5 km SWPrimary school — 1.3 km SWBakery — 1.9 km NEGP — 2.9 km NEPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Bellignat): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Groissiat): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Oyonnax): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bellignat): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Groissiat): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.1

Days at or below 0 °C 96▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the OYONNAX weather station, 6 km away at 535 m; the village itself is at 534 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARBENT, 7 km away at 534 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,543 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OYONNAX, 6 km away at 535 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 — 01181/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01181/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01181/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01181/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01283
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
Bernwiller	68	201 km NE	1,205	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Fontain	25	113 km N	1,207	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vigor-d'Ymonville	76	534 km NW	1,153	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Coimères	33	494 km W	1,103	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Gauciel	27	452 km NW	1,117	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clair	07	128 km SW	1,348	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontain	25	113 km N	1,207	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clair	07	128 km SW	1,348	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Bernwiller	68	201 km NE	1,205	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Gauciel	27	452 km NW	1,117	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Coimères	33	494 km W	1,103	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Vigor-d'Ymonville	76	534 km NW	1,153	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · 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 Groissiat'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
Fontain	25	113 km N	1,207	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montagnieu	38	79 km S	1,179	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Passage	38	78 km S	983	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Torchefelon	38	81 km S	838	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Blandine	38	77 km S	1,039	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Succieu	38	81 km S	777	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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