Priay

Ain · CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon · INSEE 01314

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

Partly served 49.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Priay (INSEE 01314) is in Ain (01), part of CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon. Population 1,842 (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/01314-priay

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 10,148 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SS VALLOIS · GIRENE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA CUISINE D'AUGUSTINE · PRIAY KEBAB · PIZZ' A SAM). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA TRUITE A L'OMBRE). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLENE RIGOLLET, MÉDECIN · GAELLE TANGUY, MÉDECIN · LILIE DUPLESSY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (BC COIFFURE · MY SALON). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ESCAPADE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SS VALLOIS · GIRENE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	3	LA CUISINE D'AUGUSTINE · PRIAY KEBAB · PIZZ' A SAM	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA TRUITE A L'OMBRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CHARLENE RIGOLLET, MÉDECIN · GAELLE TANGUY, MÉDECIN · LILIE DUPLESSY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PRIAY	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	PRIAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	BC COIFFURE · MY SALON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING L'ESCAPADE	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

1968: 710 2023: 1,842 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,553 (2012) → 1,842 (2023): 18.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 948 (1990) → 1,842 (2023): 94.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 938, of which 6.2 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.5 km S 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 (Château-Gaillard): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Priay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Priay): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.4

Days at or below 0 °C 63.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AMBERIEU weather station, 4.3 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 234 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 4.3 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,107 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AMBERIEU, 4.3 km away at 250 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 — 01314/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01314/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01314/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01314/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01314
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
Gardonne	24	408 km W	1,608	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois	23	268 km W	1,892	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Teillé	44	526 km W	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	255 km NW	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Val en Vignes	79	447 km W	2,020	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Séreilhac	87	327 km W	2,003	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaulieu-sur-Loire	45	255 km NW	1,734	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois	23	268 km W	1,892	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Séreilhac	87	327 km W	2,003	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Gardonne	24	408 km W	1,608	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 36 %
Val en Vignes	79	447 km W	2,020	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Teillé	44	526 km W	1,824	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · 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 Priay'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
Orléat	63	145 km W	2,242	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sermérieu	38	38 km S	1,638	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montgivray	36	263 km W	1,546	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mansac	19	318 km W	1,554	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Arlay	39	86 km N	1,182	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chazelles	16	383 km W	1,543	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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