Montagnat
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montagnat (INSEE 01254) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 2,186 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01254-montagnat
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 74 % of the 9,025 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.7 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.87 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MOLITEC). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (I.D FRAIS). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (LE PETRIN · LE WAGON RESTAURANT · JF RESTAURATION · AU POT DE GRES). [3,4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE ALTERN. MONTESSORI LES CHEMINS DE TRAVERSE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMANDINE EXBRAYAT, MÉDECIN · JAMES BERTHOLLE, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN BRET, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN MEURISSE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTAGNAT AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MULTI ACTIVITES). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE KALLY). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (GREET HOTEL MONTAGNAT - BOURG-EN-BRESSE SUD · ALYS HOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MOLITEC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | I.D FRAIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 7 | LE PETRIN · LE WAGON RESTAURANT · JF RESTAURATION · AU POT DE GRES | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE ALTERN. MONTESSORI LES CHEMINS DE TRAVERSE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | AMANDINE EXBRAYAT, MÉDECIN · JAMES BERTHOLLE, MÉDECIN · BENJAMIN BRET, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN MEURISSE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [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 | MONTAGNAT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE MULTI ACTIVITES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | LES CISEAUX DE KALLY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | GREET HOTEL MONTAGNAT - BOURG-EN-BRESSE SUD · ALYS HOTEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 1,748 (2012) → 2,186 (2023): 25.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,173 (1990) → 2,186 (2023): 86.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 932, of which 1.3 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montagnat): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Montagnat): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Montagnat): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Ceyzériat): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Montagnat): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the CEYZERIAT_SAPC weather station, 3.8 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 264 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. [10]
An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01254/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01254/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01254/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01254/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01254
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01072
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faumont | 59 | 503 km N | 2,278 | 44.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Wittisheim | 67 | 291 km NE | 2,085 | 44.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Civrieux | 01 | 42 km SW | 2,016 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villedoux | 17 | 489 km W | 2,166 | 44.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Avanton | 86 | 386 km W | 2,226 | 40.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méteren | 59 | 543 km N | 2,231 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civrieux | 01 | 42 km SW | 2,016 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Wittisheim | 67 | 291 km NE | 2,085 | 44.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avanton | 86 | 386 km W | 2,226 | 40.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villedoux | 17 | 489 km W | 2,166 | 44.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Faumont | 59 | 503 km N | 2,278 | 44.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Méteren | 59 | 543 km N | 2,231 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Montagnat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civrieux | 01 | 42 km SW | 2,016 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Herrlisheim-près-Colmar | 68 | 257 km NE | 1,911 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bantzenheim | 68 | 250 km NE | 1,630 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rountzenheim-Auenheim | 67 | 359 km NE | 2,025 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Aubin | 39 | 96 km N | 1,871 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jasseron | 01 | 5.6 km NE | 1,917 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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