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Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze

Ain · CC Bresse et Saône · INSEE 01352

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

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze (INSEE 01352) is in Ain (01), part of CC Bresse et Saône. Population 572 (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/01352-saint-etienne-sur-reyssouze

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,339 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.49209.82
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.78

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]

4 × Restaurant (CHEZ MARIE ET JLOUIS · AU BON APPETIT · BRESSE PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE DE ST-ETIENNE/REYSSOUZE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE A DOMICILE MARYLENE · RACHEL COIFFURE). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4CHEZ MARIE ET JLOUIS · AU BON APPETIT · BRESSE PIZZAINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE DE ST-ETIENNE/REYSSOUZEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COIFFURE A DOMICILE MARYLENE · RACHEL COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 480 2023: 572 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 550 (2012) → 572 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 376 (1990) → 572 (2023): 52.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 2.2 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.5 km NW (Saint-Bénigne)Bakery — 5.2 km W (Pont-de-Vaux)Pharmacy — 5.2 km W (Pont-de-Vaux)GP — 5.3 km NW (Pont-de-Vaux)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km NWBakery — 5.2 km WPharmacy — 5.2 km WGP — 5.3 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 (Pont-de-Vaux): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Bénigne): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Pont-de-Vaux): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pont-de-Vaux): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE weather station, 8.4 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 197 m. [11]

An average of 945 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at GORREVOD, 4.9 km away at 188 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01352/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01352/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01352/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01352/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01305
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01337
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01352
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hébécourt80430 km NW57632.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 85 %
Chavigny-Bailleul27395 km NW56628.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Granges7140 km NW58132.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Rodelinghem62541 km NW55832.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 81 %
Mairy-Mainville54328 km N55128.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 78 %
Soulitré72387 km NW59728.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Granges7140 km NW58132.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Mairy-Mainville54328 km N55128.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 78 %
Soulitré72387 km NW59728.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %
Chavigny-Bailleul27395 km NW56628.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Hébécourt80430 km NW57632.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 85 %
Rodelinghem62541 km NW55832.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 81 %

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