Nantua
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Nantua (INSEE 01269) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 3,416 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01269-nantua
Vitality score
Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 65 % of the 6,389 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 | 0.43 | 25 | 10.64 |
| Social | 0.86 | 20 | 17.21 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.48 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.64 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE DELAPIERRE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MADULI). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (OZKOC · CANTO). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (LIDL). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE DE NANTUA). [4]
9 × Restaurant (SARL MARIA MATRE · LE BISTROT · SPICE VALLEY RESTAURANT INDIEN-PAKISTANAIS · RESTO DU LAC · RESTAURANT LA GROTTE). [3,4]
7 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE · LE CATHOLARD · BAR L'OVALE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE JEAN-LOUIS AUBERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE XAVIER BICHAT). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL YEZNIKIAN, MÉDECIN · GABRIELA COTOFANA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU COLLEGE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CLUB). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE NANTUA). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (JENNY COIFFURE · BARBE SHOP · CL2 LA SUITE · LE R BARBERSHOP). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (L'EMBARCADERE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMP LE SIGNAL CAMPING). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 6 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 3 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | PATISSERIE DELAPIERRE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE MADULI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | OZKOC · CANTO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | LIDL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA FROMAGERIE DE NANTUA | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | SARL MARIA MATRE · LE BISTROT · SPICE VALLEY RESTAURANT INDIEN-PAKISTANAIS · RESTO DU LAC · RESTAURANT LA GROTTE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 7 | CAFE DU CENTRE · LE CATHOLARD · BAR L'OVALE | INSEE SIRENE 7 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | GROUPE SCOLAIRE JEAN-LOUIS AUBERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE XAVIER BICHAT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MICHEL YEZNIKIAN, MÉDECIN · GABRIELA COTOFANA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU COLLEGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CLUB | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BAIGNADE AMENAGEE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE NANTUA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | JENNY COIFFURE · BARBE SHOP · CL2 LA SUITE · LE R BARBERSHOP | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | L'EMBARCADERE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMP LE SIGNAL CAMPING | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,588 (2012) → 3,416 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,602 (1990) → 3,416 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,987, of which 3.6 % second homes and 19.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Nantua): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nantua): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Nantua): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Nantua): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Nantua): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VIEU weather station, 8.3 km away at 616 m; the village itself is at 483 m. [9]
The village sits 133 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 12 km away at 596 m, over 12 summers. [9]
That station sits 113 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,686 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at NANTUA, 0.7 km away at 483 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01269/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01269/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01269/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01269/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01269
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 38 | 93 km S | 3,425 | 56.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Descartes | 37 | 386 km W | 3,369 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 23 % · humidity 79 % |
| Dun-sur-Auron | 18 | 246 km W | 3,524 | 43.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 % |
| Réalmont | 81 | 377 km SW | 3,561 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 1 % · humidity 50 % |
| Crémieu | 38 | 55 km SW | 3,536 | 63.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 % |
| Laragne-Montéglin | 05 | 205 km S | 3,549 | 55.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crémieu | 38 | 55 km SW | 3,536 | 63.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 38 | 93 km S | 3,425 | 56.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laragne-Montéglin | 05 | 205 km S | 3,549 | 55.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dun-sur-Auron | 18 | 246 km W | 3,524 | 43.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 % |
| Réalmont | 81 | 377 km SW | 3,561 | 53.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 1 % · humidity 50 % |
| Descartes | 37 | 386 km W | 3,369 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 23 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Nantua'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mihiel | 55 | 304 km N | 3,772 | 57.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Héand | 42 | 118 km SW | 3,665 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chauffailles | 71 | 98 km W | 3,638 | 55.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cruseilles | 74 | 41 km E | 5,376 | 61.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aubusson | 23 | 266 km W | 3,018 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fraize | 88 | 249 km NE | 2,843 | 59.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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