Saint-Éloi

Identity

Saint-Éloi (INSEE 01349) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 525 (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/01349-saint-eloi

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,698 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ELOI). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 440 (2012) → 525 (2023): 19.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 525 (2023): 46.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 4.3 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rignieux-le-Franc): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meximieux): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meximieux): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meximieux): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Éloi): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 14.2 km away at 271 m; the village itself is at 292 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 11.5 km away at 196 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 96 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATILLON, 8.8 km away at 253 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 380,000 € — 2,722 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01349/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01349/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01349/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01349/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01325
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01244
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01349
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025