Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01380

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux (INSEE 01380) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 580 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,296 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.43	10	4.28
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SC'DELICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT NIZIER LE BOUCHOUX AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE MEPILLAT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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]
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	1	SC'DELICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	SAINT NIZIER LE BOUCHOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	DOMAINE DE MEPILLAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 886 2023: 580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 682 (2012) → 580 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 625 (1990) → 580 (2023): -7.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 365, of which 11 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.3 km WGP — 5.5 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km WFood shop — 6.3 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 (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cormoz): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE weather station, 7 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COURTES, 3.9 km away at 211 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 — 01380/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/89d9edb0-71ed-39a7-8feb-be35b654fe0a— “Petit marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01380/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01380/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01380/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01388
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01380
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
Montpezat	47	431 km SW	566	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %
Vesdun	18	208 km W	540	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	166 km SW	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 11 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	481 km SW	592	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Grand-Auverné	44	507 km W	774	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 72 %
La Goutelle	63	197 km W	609	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	166 km SW	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 11 %
La Goutelle	63	197 km W	609	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 74 %
Vesdun	18	208 km W	540	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Montpezat	47	431 km SW	566	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %
Montbrun-Bocage	31	481 km SW	592	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Grand-Auverné	44	507 km W	774	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 72 %

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