Rancé

Ain · CC Dombes Saône Vallée · INSEE 01318

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rancé (INSEE 01318) is in Ain (01), part of CC Dombes Saône Vallée. Population 775 (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/01318-rance

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 15,851 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DE RANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE DE RANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	RESTAURANT DE RANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE DE RANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 190 2023: 775 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 667 (2012) → 775 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 410 (1990) → 775 (2023): 89 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 1.7 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km WFood shop — 4.3 km NGP — 4.3 km NEPharmacy — 4.8 km NW 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 (Toussieux): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Savigneux): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambérieux-en-Dombes): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ars-sur-Formans): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Rancé): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 70.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MESSIMY weather station, 12.5 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 286 m. ^[13]

The village sits 107 m above 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. ^[13]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CIVRIEUX, 6.2 km away at 294 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01318/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01318/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01318/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01318/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01398
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01318
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
Crémarest	62	574 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 39 %
Grazac	31	400 km SW	816	32.4	Few services	no figures
Ectot-l'Auber	76	504 km NW	729	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 50 %
Ballon	17	450 km W	828	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Houdancourt	60	411 km NW	680	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Fontivillié	79	382 km W	754	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontivillié	79	382 km W	754	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Grazac	31	400 km SW	816	32.4	Few services	no figures
Houdancourt	60	411 km NW	680	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Ballon	17	450 km W	828	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Ectot-l'Auber	76	504 km NW	729	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 50 %
Crémarest	62	574 km N	815	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 39 %

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