Montracol

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01264

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montracol (INSEE 01264) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 1,018 (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/01264-montracol

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 14,205 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

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

2 × Restaurant (L'ETOILE · COMFY BRUNCH). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE MONTRACOL MONTCET VANDEINS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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. ^[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	2	L'ETOILE · COMFY BRUNCH	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE MONTRACOL	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE MONTRACOL MONTCET VANDEINS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 429 peak 2017: 1,040 2023: 1,018 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 984 (2012) → 1,018 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 551 (1990) → 1,018 (2023): 84.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 0.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km NWGP — 2.7 km EFood shop — 2.8 km EPharmacy — 2.8 km E 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 (Montcet): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Buellas): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Buellas): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Buellas): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montracol): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CEYZERIAT_SAPC weather station, 12.7 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 235 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 260 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 — 01264/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01264/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01264/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01264/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01264
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
Torvilliers	10	247 km N	1,028	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Rabatelière	85	494 km W	1,024	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Dieudonné	60	400 km NW	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Yèbles	77	324 km NW	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	440 km NW	1,056	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Meillon	64	539 km SW	957	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Torvilliers	10	247 km N	1,028	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Yèbles	77	324 km NW	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Dieudonné	60	400 km NW	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	440 km NW	1,056	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
La Rabatelière	85	494 km W	1,024	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Meillon	64	539 km SW	957	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Montracol'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
Torvilliers	10	247 km N	1,028	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	98 km SW	1,053	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy	01	3.6 km E	915	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Clénay	21	134 km N	891	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Wolfgantzen	68	272 km NE	1,190	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelois	90	208 km NE	1,029	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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