Groslée-Saint-Benoit
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Groslée-Saint-Benoit (INSEE 01338) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bugey Sud. Population 1,227 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Groslée (01182). [3]
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 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 32 % of the 13,084 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.54 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DE LA CASCADE). [4,5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE SAINT-BENOIT). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SALLY RUMLEY, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BENOIT RP). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | PROXI | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE BISTROT DE LA CASCADE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE SAINT-BENOIT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SALLY RUMLEY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT BENOIT RP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,167 (2012) → 1,227 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 774 (1990) → 1,227 (2023): 58.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 700, of which 14.6 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lhuis): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Brégnier-Cordon): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Groslée-Saint-Benoit): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Lhuis): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Groslée-Saint-Benoit): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BELLEY weather station, 11.4 km away at 330 m; the village itself is at 209 m. [12]
The village sits 121 m below 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BELLEY, 11.4 km away at 330 m, over 23 summers. [12]
That station sits 121 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,485 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at INNIMOND, 9.8 km away at 880 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01338/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01338/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01338/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01338/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01216
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01058
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01338
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-de-Lanne | 40 | 585 km W | 1,232 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mervent | 85 | 498 km W | 1,063 | 34.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Kruth | 68 | 270 km N | 856 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Simon | 15 | 255 km W | 1,159 | 46 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ceyzérieu | 01 | 19 km NE | 1,064 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Walbach | 68 | 291 km NE | 936 | 44.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyzérieu | 01 | 19 km NE | 1,064 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Simon | 15 | 255 km W | 1,159 | 46 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Kruth | 68 | 270 km N | 856 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Walbach | 68 | 291 km NE | 936 | 44.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mervent | 85 | 498 km W | 1,063 | 34.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Port-de-Lanne | 40 | 585 km W | 1,232 | 37.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Groslée-Saint-Benoit'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyzérieu | 01 | 19 km NE | 1,064 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mazaugues | 83 | 262 km S | 901 | 41.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Lattier | 38 | 74 km SW | 1,486 | 36.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brignac-la-Plaine | 19 | 336 km W | 977 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Amans-Soult | 81 | 348 km SW | 1,553 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fréjairolles | 81 | 333 km SW | 1,351 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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