Saint-Germain-sur-Renon

Ain · CC de la Dombes · INSEE 01359

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-sur-Renon (INSEE 01359) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 264 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 17,458 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.89
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (ELODY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	ELODY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 177 2023: 264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 233 (2012) → 264 (2023): 13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 190 (1990) → 264 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.1 km SEPrimary school — 2.1 km SEBakery — 6.0 km EGP — 8.8 km SPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Saint-Paul-de-Varax): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marlieux): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villars-les-Dombes): 8.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villars-les-Dombes): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marlieux): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 61.4

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 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, 4 km away at 271 m; the village itself is at 263 m. ^[11]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARLIEUX, 4 km away at 271 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 — 01359/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01359/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01359/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01359/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01383
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01443
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
Saisseval	80	477 km NW	263	13.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Grassendorf	67	360 km NE	264	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne	51	304 km N	267	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 86 %
Friedolsheim	67	345 km NE	263	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Sassegnies	59	465 km N	260	10.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Vendine	31	380 km SW	269	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne	51	304 km N	267	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 86 %
Friedolsheim	67	345 km NE	263	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Grassendorf	67	360 km NE	264	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Vendine	31	380 km SW	269	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Sassegnies	59	465 km N	260	10.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Saisseval	80	477 km NW	263	13.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %

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