Lescheroux

Identity

Lescheroux (INSEE 01212) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 726 (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/01212-lescheroux

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 52 % of the 16,245 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]

1 × Restaurant (SAVEURS DE MIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE DE LESCHEROUX). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 688 (2012) → 726 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 527 (1990) → 726 (2023): 37.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 357, of which 5.9 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Foissiat): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 7.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lescheroux): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE weather station, 2.6 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,010 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE, 2.6 km away at 189 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

67 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 157,000 € — 1,067 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 90,000 € — 928 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01212/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01212/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01212/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01212/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01163
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01367
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01388
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01212
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025