Montceaux

Ain · CC Val de Saône Centre · INSEE 01258

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

Few services 39.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montceaux (INSEE 01258) is in Ain (01), part of CC Val de Saône Centre. Population 1,196 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01258-montceaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,234 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CANNE A SUCRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA DI NONNA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (ENTRE COQ ET VIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU VAL DE SAONE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF VISIOSPORT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	1	LA CANNE A SUCRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	PIZZA DI NONNA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	ENTRE COQ ET VIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU VAL DE SAONE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF VISIOSPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 314 peak 2012: 1,222 2023: 1,196 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,222 (2012) → 1,196 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 672 (1990) → 1,196 (2023): 78 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 1 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km NWGP — 3.4 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km SW 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 (Montceaux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guéreins): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montmerle-sur-Saône): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montmerle-sur-Saône): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montceaux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MESSIMY weather station, 6.3 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[11]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESSIMY, 6.3 km away at 179 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 — 01258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01183
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01263
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
Châlonvillars	70	229 km NE	1,264	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Marcel	56	580 km W	1,155	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Python	59	466 km N	978	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Noyant-de-Touraine	37	343 km W	1,160	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 57 %
Servas	01	29 km E	1,286	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Le Crest	63	137 km W	1,300	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Servas	01	29 km E	1,286	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Le Crest	63	137 km W	1,300	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Châlonvillars	70	229 km NE	1,264	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Noyant-de-Touraine	37	343 km W	1,160	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Python	59	466 km N	978	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Marcel	56	580 km W	1,155	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 61 %

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Elsewhere

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