Pirajoux

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01296

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pirajoux (INSEE 01296) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 397 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,022 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.81	10	8.06
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 375 peak 2017: 408 2023: 397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 381 (2012) → 397 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 304 (1990) → 397 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 195, of which 5.6 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.1 km EBakery — 3.3 km SEPrimary school — 3.3 km SEPharmacy — 3.8 km EGP — 3.9 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 (Villemotier): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salavre): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coligny): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Coligny): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villemotier): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 63.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS weather station, 8.5 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 229 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 18.6 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,238 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SALAVRE, 3.7 km away at 240 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 — 01296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01445
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01391
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01108
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
Villermain	41	330 km NW	390	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Courcelles-Sapicourt	51	339 km N	396	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vouthon	16	382 km W	405	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Elbeuf-en-Bray	76	441 km NW	395	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Rebergues	62	546 km NW	403	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Croisille	27	435 km NW	405	24	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villermain	41	330 km NW	390	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Courcelles-Sapicourt	51	339 km N	396	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vouthon	16	382 km W	405	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Croisille	27	435 km NW	405	24	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Elbeuf-en-Bray	76	441 km NW	395	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Rebergues	62	546 km NW	403	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · 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 Pirajoux'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
Neuhaeusel	67	344 km NE	388	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vincent-Froideville	39	49 km N	381	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tabre	09	464 km SW	351	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-sur-Morge	63	170 km W	429	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Thoraise	25	100 km NE	336	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Champdivers	39	71 km N	445	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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