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Peyzieux-sur-Saône

Ain · CC Val de Saône Centre · INSEE 01295

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Peyzieux-sur-Saône (INSEE 01295) is in Ain (01), part of CC Val de Saône Centre. Population 654 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/01295-peyzieux-sur-saone

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 16,723 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.8

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 0 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 × Hairdresser (TIF'N COIFFURE). [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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1TIF'N COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 223 peak 2017: 661 2023: 654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 576 (2012) → 654 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 245 (1990) → 654 (2023): 166.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 2 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.7 km SW (Guéreins)Bakery — 3.9 km SW (Montceaux)GP — 4.3 km SE (Chaneins)Pharmacy — 5.5 km SW (Belleville-en-Beaujolais)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km SWBakery — 3.9 km SWGP — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 5.5 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): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Guéreins): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Chaneins): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Belleville-en-Beaujolais): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Peyzieux-sur-Saône): 0 km to the south (straight line). [12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the BANEINS weather station, 6.8 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [13]

An average of 869 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at BANEINS, 6.8 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01295/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01295/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01295/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01295/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01258
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01183
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01083
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69019
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01295
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Issus31398 km SW65524.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Cagnoncles59465 km N66323.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 96 %
Obies59467 km N66020.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 99 %
Castétis64527 km SW64519.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Marchémoret77359 km NW65924.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Scie76485 km NW64424.9Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marchémoret77359 km NW65924.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 93 %
Issus31398 km SW65524.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 76 %
Cagnoncles59465 km N66323.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 96 %
Obies59467 km N66020.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Scie76485 km NW64424.9Few servicesno figures
Castétis64527 km SW64519.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %

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