Mérignat

Identity

Mérignat (INSEE 01242) is in Ain (01), part of CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon. Population 129 (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/01242-merignat

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 12,827 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SOLSEQUIA - SUIT LE SOLEIL. SHIATSU- COIFFURE AU DOMICILE DES CLIENTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (BALIV'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 130 (2012) → 129 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 85 (1990) → 129 (2023): 51.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 18.5 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Poncin): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerdon): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Poncin): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jujurieux): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cerdon): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 596 m; the village itself is at 437 m. ^[11]

The village sits 159 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 596 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 159 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,406 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 10.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CERDON, 2.6 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01242/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01242/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01242/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01242/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01303
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01068
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01199
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025