Surjoux-Lhopital

Identity

Surjoux-Lhopital (INSEE 01215) is in Ain (01), part of CC Terre Valserhône (CCTV). Population 138 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Surjoux (01413). ^[3]

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/01215-surjoux-lhopital

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 128 (2012) → 138 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 123 (1990) → 138 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 21.1 % second homes and 20.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Challonges): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Injoux-Génissiat): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Chêne-en-Semine): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Seyssel): 8.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Chanay): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the BELLEGARDE weather station, 7.7 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 493 m. ^[14]

The village sits 143 m above 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. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE, 7.7 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[14]

That station sits 143 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[14]

An average of 1,629 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at LES PLANS D'HOTONNES, 6.2 km away at 1,048 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 235,000 € — 1,865 € per m² of built surface. ^[15]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[15]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01215/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01215/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01215/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01215/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74055
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01189
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 74068
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01407
13. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01082
14. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
15. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025