Polliat

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01301

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 64.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Polliat (INSEE 01301) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 2,741 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01301-polliat

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 7,704 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.54
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DOUCEURS SUCREES · LES GOURMANDISES D'EMMA · LES GOURMANDISES DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (ALAIN CHAROLLES TRAITEUR · LA BOUCHERIE DES GOURMETS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE · LA CUISINE DE SEV · LA SIENA PIZZ). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (1790 · AU POT'LIATI). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELODIE POTREL, MÉDECIN · KATHLEEN PIZA, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN CHARTON, MÉDECIN · HADRIEN FEY, MÉDECIN · MARIE-AGNES BERNABEU-BRULE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA VEYLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (POLLIAT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORTS). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (POLLIATIF · EM HAIR LOUNGE · LES CHEVEUX EN COULEURS · HARPER). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AUX DOUCEURS SUCREES · LES GOURMANDISES D'EMMA · LES GOURMANDISES DE JULIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	ALAIN CHAROLLES TRAITEUR · LA BOUCHERIE DES GOURMETS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE · LA CUISINE DE SEV · LA SIENA PIZZ	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	1790 · AU POT'LIATI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	ELODIE POTREL, MÉDECIN · KATHLEEN PIZA, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN CHARTON, MÉDECIN · HADRIEN FEY, MÉDECIN · MARIE-AGNES BERNABEU-BRULE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA VEYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	POLLIAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PARC DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	POLLIATIF · EM HAIR LOUNGE · LES CHEVEUX EN COULEURS · HARPER	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,362 2023: 2,741 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,374 (2012) → 2,741 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,025 (1990) → 2,741 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,330, of which 1.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Polliat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Polliat): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Polliat): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Polliat): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Polliat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS weather station, 12.9 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 226 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 13.4 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS, 12.9 km away at 243 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01301/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/72975bb0-4ebe-3224-a40a-ae8cbd7c6604— “Marché de Polliat”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01301/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01301/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01301/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01301
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
Ennezat	63	152 km W	2,748	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montrevel-en-Bresse	01	9.8 km N	2,743	72.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Haspres	59	463 km N	2,626	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Loury	45	302 km NW	2,616	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Vervins	02	409 km N	2,549	69	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Ducey-Les Chéris	50	550 km NW	2,784	65.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montrevel-en-Bresse	01	9.8 km N	2,743	72.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ennezat	63	152 km W	2,748	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Loury	45	302 km NW	2,616	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Vervins	02	409 km N	2,549	69	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Haspres	59	463 km N	2,626	52.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Ducey-Les Chéris	50	550 km NW	2,784	65.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Polliat'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
Ennezat	63	152 km W	2,748	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Soultz-sous-Forêts	67	364 km NE	3,121	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dompierre-sur-Besbre	03	115 km W	2,959	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Rœschwoog	67	360 km NE	2,275	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ouzouer-sur-Loire	45	262 km NW	2,543	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ceyzériat	01	17 km SE	3,328	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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