Monthieux

Ain · CC de la Dombes · INSEE 01261

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monthieux (INSEE 01261) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 664 (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/01261-monthieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 16,648 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	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Restaurant (SARL REG). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SASSI CHRYSTELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL ET GOLF DU GOUVERNEUR). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 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	1	SARL REG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SASSI CHRYSTELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL ET GOLF DU GOUVERNEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 194 2023: 664 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 646 (2012) → 664 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 344 (1990) → 664 (2023): 93 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 3.6 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.9 km SEFood shop — 3.2 km SEGP — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 6.9 km S 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 (Saint-André-de-Corcy): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-André-de-Corcy): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-André-de-Corcy): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mionnay): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Monthieux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 12 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 295 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 18.9 km away at 196 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 99 m below 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 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CIVRIEUX, 6.4 km away at 294 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 402,500 € — 2,262 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01333
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01261
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Mietesheim	67	383 km NE	661	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Pierre	38	108 km SE	664	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Jablines	77	368 km NW	647	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Michelbach-le-Haut	68	261 km NE	636	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Festieux	02	406 km N	704	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Thanvillé	67	320 km NE	623	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Pierre	38	108 km SE	664	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Michelbach-le-Haut	68	261 km NE	636	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Thanvillé	67	320 km NE	623	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jablines	77	368 km NW	647	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mietesheim	67	383 km NE	661	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Festieux	02	406 km N	704	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Monthieux'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
Thanvillé	67	320 km NE	623	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Rivière	38	92 km SE	720	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Dieffenbach-au-Val	67	318 km NE	642	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Neuve-Église	67	319 km NE	613	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villette-sur-Ain	01	26 km E	780	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Leyrieu	38	33 km SE	919	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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