Saint-Jean-le-Vieux

Ain · CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon · INSEE 01363

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

Partly served 50.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (INSEE 01363) is in Ain (01), part of CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon. Population 1,839 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/01363-saint-jean-le-vieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 10,155 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.43
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAM). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (REGAL KAPADOCE · LE PARC · AU P'TIT SAINT JEAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCK MALDELAR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN LE VIEUX RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (OBJEC'TIF BIEN-ETRE · COIFFURE SABRINA'M). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MAM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	REGAL KAPADOCE · LE PARC · AU P'TIT SAINT JEAN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FRANCK MALDELAR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SAINT JEAN LE VIEUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PARC DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	OBJEC'TIF BIEN-ETRE · COIFFURE SABRINA'M	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,083 2023: 1,839 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,625 (2012) → 1,839 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,274 (1990) → 1,839 (2023): 44.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 948, of which 5 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.9 km NE 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-Jean-le-Vieux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jujurieux): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.1

Days at or below 0 °C 68.2

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEUVILLE weather station, 6.2 km away at 291 m; the village itself is at 258 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 7.4 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,247 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEUVILLE, 6.2 km away at 291 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 — 01363/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01363/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01363/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01363/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01363
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01199
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
Longnes	78	430 km NW	1,601	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Les Martres-d'Artière	63	166 km W	2,252	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Puyloubier	13	279 km S	1,768	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Brillet	53	535 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-d'Apchon	42	113 km W	1,966	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Vaury	23	281 km W	1,718	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-d'Apchon	42	113 km W	1,966	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 %
Les Martres-d'Artière	63	166 km W	2,252	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Puyloubier	13	279 km S	1,768	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vaury	23	281 km W	1,718	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Longnes	78	430 km NW	1,601	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Brillet	53	535 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vergongheon	43	177 km SW	1,797	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Corbières-en-Provence	04	254 km S	1,317	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Poncin	01	6.5 km N	1,803	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
La Bâthie	73	94 km SE	2,176	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Bâtie-Neuve	05	175 km S	2,628	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-Lembron	63	179 km W	2,031	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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