Romans

Ain · CC de la Dombes · INSEE 01328

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Romans (INSEE 01328) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 640 (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 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 16,807 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.33
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

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 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (FOYER D ACCEUIL ROMANS FERRARI). ^[3]

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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	FOYER D ACCEUIL ROMANS FERRARI	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 367 2023: 640 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 594 (2012) → 640 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 480 (1990) → 640 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 6 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km SBakery — 3.7 km NEGP — 5.0 km NPharmacy — 5.0 km N 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 (Condeissiat): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-du-Châtelard): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuville-les-Dames): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Neuville-les-Dames): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Romans): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 61.4

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 9.2 km away at 271 m; the village itself is at 267 m. ^[12]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MARLIEUX, 9.2 km away at 271 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01328/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01328/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01328/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01328/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01085
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01328
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
Saunay	37	349 km NW	640	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 76 %
Bougneau	17	433 km W	655	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Bernières	76	516 km NW	639	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 65 %
Carcen-Ponson	40	522 km SW	628	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 82 %
Heugleville-sur-Scie	76	497 km NW	636	21.6	Few services	no figures
Crotelles	37	356 km NW	649	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saunay	37	349 km NW	640	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 76 %
Crotelles	37	356 km NW	649	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %
Bougneau	17	433 km W	655	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Heugleville-sur-Scie	76	497 km NW	636	21.6	Few services	no figures
Bernières	76	516 km NW	639	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 65 %
Carcen-Ponson	40	522 km SW	628	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 82 %

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