Joyeux

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01198

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Joyeux (INSEE 01198) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 262 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/01198-joyeux

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,443 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	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

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 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]

1 × Restaurant (A3BNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE DE JOYEUX). ^[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, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	A3BNY	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 DE JOYEUX	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 146 peak 2017: 271 2023: 262 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 250 (2012) → 262 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 171 (1990) → 262 (2023): 53.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 121, of which 9.9 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.6 km SGP — 6.7 km NEPharmacy — 6.7 km NEFood shop — 6.8 km NW 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 (Faramans): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villars-les-Dombes): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chalamont): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chalamont): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Joyeux): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.5

Days at or below 0 °C 54.3

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 9.6 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 291 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 14.3 km away at 196 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 95 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 913 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUEL, 8.8 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01443
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01198
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
Virac	81	321 km SW	252	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vielle-Tursan	40	506 km SW	283	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 14 %
Montagne	38	91 km S	273	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Larroque	31	470 km SW	293	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Faudoas	82	404 km SW	291	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Sauvelade	64	541 km SW	273	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montagne	38	91 km S	273	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Virac	81	321 km SW	252	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Faudoas	82	404 km SW	291	25.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Larroque	31	470 km SW	293	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Vielle-Tursan	40	506 km SW	283	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 14 %
Sauvelade	64	541 km SW	273	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Joyeux'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
Virac	81	321 km SW	252	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André	31	450 km SW	239	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Figarol	31	462 km SW	311	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel	31	445 km SW	306	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-Picampeau	31	438 km SW	234	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Murs-et-Gélignieux	01	56 km SE	239	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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