Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon

Ain · CC de la Veyle · INSEE 01355

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon (INSEE 01355) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Veyle. Population 490 (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/01355-saint-genis-sur-menthon

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,833 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUBERGE LE CHAMP DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	AUBERGE LE CHAMP DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 301 2023: 490 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 447 (2012) → 490 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 324 (1990) → 490 (2023): 51.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.7 km WFood shop — 3.2 km NPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bâgé-Dommartin): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bâgé-Dommartin): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

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, 15.5 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

An average of 918 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAGE, 6.8 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01355/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01355/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01355/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01355/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01355
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01343
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
Padoux	88	252 km NE	488	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 84 %
Écoust-Saint-Mein	62	461 km N	485	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 70 %
Bonlier	60	414 km NW	467	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 86 %
Moncel-sur-Seille	54	296 km N	548	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 99 %
Boiry-Notre-Dame	62	469 km N	450	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 70 %
Coulommes	77	329 km NW	542	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Padoux	88	252 km NE	488	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 84 %
Moncel-sur-Seille	54	296 km N	548	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 99 %
Coulommes	77	329 km NW	542	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %
Bonlier	60	414 km NW	467	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 86 %
Écoust-Saint-Mein	62	461 km N	485	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 70 %
Boiry-Notre-Dame	62	469 km N	450	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 70 %

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Elsewhere

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