Montagnieu

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01255

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montagnieu (INSEE 01255) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 668 (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/01255-montagnieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,615 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (AUX GRANGES). ^[4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	AUX GRANGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 306 2023: 668 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 537 (2012) → 668 (2023): 24.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 356 (1990) → 668 (2023): 87.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 354, of which 10.2 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.7 km WFood shop — 1.3 km SWPharmacy — 1.8 km NWBakery — 2.0 km NWGP — 2.0 km NW 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 (Serrières-de-Briord): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Briord): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Serrières-de-Briord): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Serrières-de-Briord): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montagnieu): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 56.4

Muggy days a summer 2

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTAGNIEU weather station, 0.1 km away at 334 m; the village itself is at 323 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELLEY, 17.2 km away at 330 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,096 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTAGNIEU, 0.1 km away at 334 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01255/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01255/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01255/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01255/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01403
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01255
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
Le Moustoir	22	733 km NW	656	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Aubertin	64	549 km SW	671	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès	28	404 km NW	654	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Tamerville	50	664 km NW	691	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Huchenneville	80	547 km NW	679	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Kernouës	29	804 km NW	665	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès	28	404 km NW	654	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Huchenneville	80	547 km NW	679	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Aubertin	64	549 km SW	671	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %
Tamerville	50	664 km NW	691	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Le Moustoir	22	733 km NW	656	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Kernouës	29	804 km NW	665	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 28 % · 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 Montagnieu'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
Chevagny-les-Chevrières	71	81 km NW	607	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Thimory	45	322 km NW	684	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Souillé	72	477 km NW	797	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lampertsloch	67	394 km NE	696	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bransles	77	330 km NW	526	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Brion	89	287 km NW	612	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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