Matafelon-Granges

Identity

Matafelon-Granges (INSEE 01240) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 623 (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/01240-matafelon-granges

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,844 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 (AUBERGE DU COL A MATAFELON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS LES GORGES DU HAUT BUGEY). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 652 (2012) → 623 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 406 (1990) → 623 (2023): 53.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 406, of which 19.7 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Thoirette-Coisia): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thoirette-Coisia): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Thoirette-Coisia): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thoirette-Coisia): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Matafelon-Granges): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the OYONNAX weather station, 8.2 km away at 535 m; the village itself is at 453 m. ^[10]

The village sits 82 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARBENT, 8.9 km away at 534 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 81 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 1,543 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OYONNAX, 8.2 km away at 535 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

70 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 157,500 € — 1,516 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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 — 01240/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01240/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01240/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01240/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39530
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01240
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025