Lavours

Ain · CC Bugey Sud · INSEE 01208

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

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavours (INSEE 01208) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bugey Sud. Population 138 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 13,414 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	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.78
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (BOTH). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA PALLIÈRE). ^[3,4]

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, 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	BOTH	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	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	1	AUBERGE DE LA PALLIÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 147 peak 2012: 152 2023: 138 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 152 (2012) → 138 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 108 (1990) → 138 (2023): 27.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 98, of which 14.3 % second homes and 16.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.2 km EPrimary school — 1.3 km EFood shop — 1.6 km EGP — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Chanaz): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chanaz): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Culoz-Béon): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Culoz-Béon): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chanaz): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 46.3

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BELLEY weather station, 8 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[10]

The village sits 98 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BELLEY, 8 km away at 330 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 98 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELLEY, 8 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73073
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01138
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
Fouchères-aux-Bois	55	315 km N	138	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Athie	89	236 km NW	135	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bazincourt-sur-Saulx	55	322 km N	141	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rahon	25	180 km N	140	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Xaffévillers	88	296 km N	131	16.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Mouffy	89	268 km NW	137	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rahon	25	180 km N	140	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Athie	89	236 km NW	135	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mouffy	89	268 km NW	137	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Xaffévillers	88	296 km N	131	16.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Fouchères-aux-Bois	55	315 km N	138	18	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Bazincourt-sur-Saulx	55	322 km N	141	15.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 91 % · 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 Lavours'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
Caussiniojouls	34	325 km SW	164	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-en-Gâtinois	71	139 km NW	120	11.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Preuilly-la-Ville	36	382 km W	150	9.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville	73	55 km SE	184	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Campagnac	81	367 km SW	157	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Montoussin	31	471 km SW	126	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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