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Marignieu

Ain · CC Bugey Sud · INSEE 01234

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 12.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marignieu (INSEE 01234) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bugey Sud. Population 162 (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/01234-marignieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 14,666 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.74
Housing mix0.8454.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 114 peak 2017: 172 2023: 162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 156 (2012) → 162 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 138 (1990) → 162 (2023): 17.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 7.8 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km NE (Flaxieu)Food shop — 2.6 km E (Pollieu)Primary school — 3.8 km E (Cressin-Rochefort)Pharmacy — 4.5 km SW (Belley)GP — 4.6 km SW (Belley)
Bakery — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 2.6 km EPrimary school — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 4.5 km SWGP — 4.6 km SW 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 (Flaxieu): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pollieu): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Belley): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Belley): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Cressin-Rochefort): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BELLEY weather station, 3.9 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 377 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at BELLEY, 3.9 km away at 330 m, over 23 summers. [12]

An average of 1,117 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BELLEY, 3.9 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01234/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01234/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01234/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01234/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01162
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01302
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01034
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01133
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontaine-sur-Maye80568 km NW16212.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Foulcrey57327 km N16210.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Poey-d'Oloron64580 km SW16310.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 21 %
Clarac65520 km SW16011.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Tartiers02445 km NW1629.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Lachapelle-sous-Gerberoy60506 km NW16513.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Foulcrey57327 km N16210.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Tartiers02445 km NW1629.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Lachapelle-sous-Gerberoy60506 km NW16513.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Clarac65520 km SW16011.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
Fontaine-sur-Maye80568 km NW16212.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Poey-d'Oloron64580 km SW16310.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 21 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brettes16440 km W1628.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Limeux18311 km NW16611No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Souvigné16439 km W1828.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lesme71181 km NW17311.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mescoules24430 km W17714No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Groux16430 km W13613No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %