Meillonnas

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01241

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meillonnas (INSEE 01241) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 1,426 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01241-meillonnas

Vitality score

Vitality score 46/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 12,003 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.57
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU P'TI FOURNIL · PARTS DE GATEAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES SALAISONS DE MEILLONNAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE VIEUX MEILLONNAS · LAURANA RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RAFET GHERISSI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEILLONNAS AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA RAZA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU P'TI FOURNIL · PARTS DE GATEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES SALAISONS DE MEILLONNAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE VIEUX MEILLONNAS · LAURANA RESTAURATION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	RAFET GHERISSI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MEILLONNAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE LA RAZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 630 2023: 1,426 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,295 (2012) → 1,426 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,051 (1990) → 1,426 (2023): 35.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 678, of which 5.3 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.0 km NE 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 (Meillonnas): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Meillonnas): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meillonnas): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val-Revermont): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Meillonnas): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CEYZERIAT_SAPC weather station, 6.7 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 265 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 6.7 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 6.7 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01241/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9b8a88d4-21c0-34e3-a7aa-8b3801a18da7— “Chaque mercredi matin se tient un petit marché sur la place de la mairie.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01241/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01241/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01241/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01426
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
Beaulieu	43	166 km SW	1,096	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Bardos	64	601 km SW	1,905	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 53 %
Rolampont	52	190 km N	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Palinges	71	93 km W	1,405	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Moyon Villages	50	573 km NW	1,489	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Lacq	64	566 km SW	1,036	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Palinges	71	93 km W	1,405	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu	43	166 km SW	1,096	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Rolampont	52	190 km N	1,373	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Lacq	64	566 km SW	1,036	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Moyon Villages	50	573 km NW	1,489	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bardos	64	601 km SW	1,905	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 53 %

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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 Meillonnas'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
Bonnac-la-Côte	87	315 km W	1,631	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Changy	45	272 km NW	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Viglain	45	284 km NW	849	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Triguères	45	260 km NW	1,259	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur	71	28 km N	1,108	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-en-Burly	45	273 km NW	1,466	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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