Labalme

Ain · CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon · INSEE 01200

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Labalme (INSEE 01200) is in Ain (01), part of CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon. Population 204 (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/01200-labalme

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 16,069 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CARRIER RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 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	CARRIER RESTAURANT	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 140 peak 2017: 210 2023: 204 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 202 (2012) → 204 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 204 (2023): 70 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 6.7 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.0 km SWPrimary school — 2.0 km SWGP — 4.2 km WBakery — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Condamine): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerdon): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Poncin): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-du-Frêne): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cerdon): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 73.4

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC weather station, 0.4 km away at 596 m; the village itself is at 594 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 0.4 km away at 596 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,483 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 0.4 km away at 596 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 — 01200/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01200/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01200/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01200/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01373
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
Ranton	86	434 km W	204	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Lucy-le-Bocage	02	369 km NW	202	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Meunet-sur-Vatan	36	297 km NW	198	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Merles	82	420 km SW	200	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Savigny-sous-Mâlain	21	148 km N	234	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Morley	55	277 km N	204	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Savigny-sous-Mâlain	21	148 km N	234	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Morley	55	277 km N	204	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Meunet-sur-Vatan	36	297 km NW	198	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Lucy-le-Bocage	02	369 km NW	202	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Merles	82	420 km SW	200	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Ranton	86	434 km W	204	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Labalme'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
Bethonvilliers	90	209 km NE	232	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bouxurulles	88	256 km N	176	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Issans	25	186 km NE	239	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Échenans	25	184 km NE	163	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes	70	134 km N	159	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Chauvency-Saint-Hubert	55	383 km N	209	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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