Journans

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01197

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Journans (INSEE 01197) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 387 (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/01197-journans

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 18,035 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.53
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (A LA SOURCE). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE VALERIE · FLAVIE'BEAUTY). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[4,3]

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. ^[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	1	A LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	COIFFURE VALERIE · FLAVIE'BEAUTY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 191 2023: 387 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 341 (2012) → 387 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 387 (2023): 35.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 11.2 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km WGP — 1.1 km WPharmacy — 1.1 km WFood shop — 3.9 km N 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 (Tossiat): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ceyzériat): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tossiat): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tossiat): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Journans): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 21 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 CEYZERIAT_SAPC weather station, 7.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 284 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,116 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARTIN DU MONT, 3 km away at 264 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 — 01197/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01197/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01197/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01197/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01422
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01197
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
Oisly	41	331 km NW	392	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Mancey	71	61 km NW	392	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Loge-Fougereuse	85	465 km W	373	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Vars-sur-Roseix	19	323 km W	415	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	461 km SW	379	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Gurs	64	576 km SW	418	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mancey	71	61 km NW	392	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Vars-sur-Roseix	19	323 km W	415	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Oisly	41	331 km NW	392	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Martin-de-Caralp	09	461 km SW	379	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Loge-Fougereuse	85	465 km W	373	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Gurs	64	576 km SW	418	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Journans'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
Bonnencontre	21	105 km N	432	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Essertines-en-Donzy	42	88 km SW	477	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Bossenay	10	284 km NW	342	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Blienschwiller	67	291 km NE	300	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Corcelles-les-Arts	21	99 km NW	425	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand	51	343 km N	349	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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