Saint-Martin-le-Châtel

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01375

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

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-le-Châtel (INSEE 01375) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 796 (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/01375-saint-martin-le-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 15,672 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.34
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PANE BELGE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE LES AMIS DU LIVRE). ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LE PANE BELGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE LES AMIS DU LIVRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 561 peak 2012: 796 2023: 796 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 796 (2012) → 796 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 555 (1990) → 796 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 357, of which 2.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km EFood shop — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km EGP — 3.4 km E 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 (Attignat): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Attignat): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Attignat): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Attignat): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-le-Châtel): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 63.2

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS weather station, 12.6 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 216 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 15.7 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS, 12.6 km away at 243 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 — 01375/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01375/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01375/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01375/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01375
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
Civrac-de-Blaye	33	451 km W	795	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Saiguède	31	438 km SW	794	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	353 km NW	808	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Budos	33	471 km W	823	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Lavau-sur-Loire	44	551 km W	773	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Poyartin	40	552 km SW	776	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	353 km NW	808	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saiguède	31	438 km SW	794	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Civrac-de-Blaye	33	451 km W	795	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Budos	33	471 km W	823	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Lavau-sur-Loire	44	551 km W	773	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Poyartin	40	552 km SW	776	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %

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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-Martin-le-Châtel'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
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde	38	88 km S	759	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Marcoux	42	106 km SW	781	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Abergement-la-Ronce	39	90 km N	827	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Haies	69	91 km S	723	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ignat	63	148 km W	916	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Osselle-Routelle	25	111 km NE	961	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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