Saint-Didier-de-Formans

Ain · CC Dombes Saône Vallée · INSEE 01347

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Didier-de-Formans (INSEE 01347) is in Ain (01), part of CC Dombes Saône Vallée. Population 2,203 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01347-saint-didier-de-formans

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 8,968 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LABEL DECOUPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARC BLOCH). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF GYMNASE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SLLAMI COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	2	LABEL DECOUPE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU PRE VERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARC BLOCH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF GYMNASE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SLLAMI COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 648 2023: 2,203 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,782 (2012) → 2,203 (2023): 23.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,288 (1990) → 2,203 (2023): 71 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 966, of which 1.3 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km SWBakery — 1.8 km SGP — 1.9 km SPharmacy — 1.9 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 (Trévoux): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Didier-de-Formans): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Trévoux): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Trévoux): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Didier-de-Formans): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MESSIMY weather station, 10.2 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 202 m. ^[10]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CIVRIEUX, 10 km away at 294 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 — 01347/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01347/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01347/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01347/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01427
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01347
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
Sonnaz	73	96 km SE	2,130	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Estillac	47	385 km SW	2,463	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Crozet	01	102 km E	2,416	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles	62	526 km N	2,273	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 65 %
Champagnier	38	120 km SE	1,557	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 96 %
Luray	28	400 km NW	1,566	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sonnaz	73	96 km SE	2,130	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Crozet	01	102 km E	2,416	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Champagnier	38	120 km SE	1,557	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 96 %
Estillac	47	385 km SW	2,463	42	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Luray	28	400 km NW	1,566	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles	62	526 km N	2,273	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 65 %

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Elsewhere

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