Sainte-Julie

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01366

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

Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Julie (INSEE 01366) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,094 (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/01366-sainte-julie

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 13,788 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (MI-ANGE MI-DEMON · PIZZ'A CASA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINTE JULIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ERIKA JACQUEMIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES CHAMBRES DE LA RENAISSANCE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	2	MI-ANGE MI-DEMON · PIZZ'A CASA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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 DE SAINTE JULIE	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	2	ERIKA JACQUEMIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LES CHAMBRES DE LA RENAISSANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,094 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 934 (2012) → 1,094 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 1,094 (2023): 106.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 2.2 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.9 km WFood shop — 4.1 km NBakery — 5.4 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 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 (Villieu-Loyes-Mollon): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Leyment): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chazey-sur-Ain): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villieu-Loyes-Mollon): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Julie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 45.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 67.3

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LOYETTES weather station, 9.7 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 10.5 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATILLON, 9.3 km away at 253 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01366/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01366/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01366/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01366/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01450
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01213
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01366
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
Thiers-sur-Thève	60	416 km NW	1,090	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Villefargeau	89	250 km NW	1,098	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	474 km NW	1,056	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	90 km W	1,053	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thun-Saint-Amand	59	528 km N	1,106	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Villy-le-Pelloux	74	67 km E	1,062	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villy-le-Pelloux	74	67 km E	1,062	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	90 km W	1,053	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villefargeau	89	250 km NW	1,098	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Thiers-sur-Thève	60	416 km NW	1,090	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	474 km NW	1,056	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Thun-Saint-Amand	59	528 km N	1,106	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sainte-Julie'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
Charnoz-sur-Ain	01	5.0 km SW	951	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bourg-Saint-Christophe	01	9.3 km W	1,562	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Agnin	38	69 km SW	1,245	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastidonne	84	245 km S	929	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Anjou	38	68 km SW	1,031	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Niévroz	01	18 km SW	1,662	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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