Hautecourt-Romanèche

Identity

Hautecourt-Romanèche (INSEE 01184) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 748 (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/01184-hautecourt-romaneche

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,048 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]

3 × Restaurant (CHEZ RITA · LE CARBET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BASE LOISIRS CHAMBOD). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL D'HAUTECOURT ROMANECHE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Campsite.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 796 (2012) → 748 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 588 (1990) → 748 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 520, of which 23.3 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villereversure): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Simandre-sur-Suran): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villereversure): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villereversure): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hautecourt-Romanèche): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NEUVILLE weather station, 9.1 km away at 291 m; the village itself is at 365 m. ^[11]

The village sits 74 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 596 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 231 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 1,336 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at HAUTECOURT, 1.1 km away at 458 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01184/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01184/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01184/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01184/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01447
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01408
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01184
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024