Le Montellier

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01260

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Montellier (INSEE 01260) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 336 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/01260-le-montellier

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 18,025 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	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: 166 2023: 336 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 241 (2012) → 336 (2023): 39.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 170 (1990) → 336 (2023): 97.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 139, of which 9.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SEFood shop — 4.9 km SWGP — 8.4 km NWPharmacy — 8.5 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 (Faramans): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Croix): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villars-les-Dombes): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villars-les-Dombes): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Montellier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.5

Days at or below 0 °C 54.3

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 12.2 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 289 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 11.2 km away at 196 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 93 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 913 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTLUEL, 5 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01260/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01260/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01260/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01260/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01342
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01443
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01260
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
Armaillé	49	512 km NW	320	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 64 %
Castella	47	388 km SW	370	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Rocles	03	166 km W	326	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roumégoux	15	254 km SW	336	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Cour-Marigny	45	288 km NW	379	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Bosjean	71	95 km N	321	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bosjean	71	95 km N	321	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Rocles	03	166 km W	326	19.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roumégoux	15	254 km SW	336	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Cour-Marigny	45	288 km NW	379	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Castella	47	388 km SW	370	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Armaillé	49	512 km NW	320	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 64 %

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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 Le Montellier'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
Roussines	36	290 km W	355	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Espiens	47	418 km SW	358	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel	31	441 km SW	306	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Avit	26	82 km S	317	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Castillon-de-Saint-Martory	31	456 km SW	398	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Rebourguil	12	290 km SW	296	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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