Saint-Nizier-le-Désert

Ain · CC de la Dombes · INSEE 01381

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nizier-le-Désert (INSEE 01381) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 921 (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 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 14,839 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (EURL PLAISIRS D ETANGS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	EURL PLAISIRS D ETANGS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	1		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: 355 2023: 921 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 889 (2012) → 921 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 484 (1990) → 921 (2023): 90.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 4 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.0 km NBakery — 5.2 km NGP — 6.7 km SPharmacy — 6.8 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): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-de-Varax): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chalamont): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chalamont): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Nizier-le-Désert): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 61.4

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 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, 5.7 km away at 271 m; the village itself is at 281 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 16.5 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[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, 5.7 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 — 01381/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01381/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01381/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01381/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01383
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01381
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
Pizay	01	19 km S	937	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bascons	40	504 km SW	855	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Louzac-Saint-André	16	432 km W	946	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sauveur-Marville	28	406 km NW	921	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Étaimpuis	76	498 km NW	880	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	159 km S	824	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pizay	01	19 km S	937	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	159 km S	824	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-Marville	28	406 km NW	921	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Louzac-Saint-André	16	432 km W	946	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Étaimpuis	76	498 km NW	880	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %
Bascons	40	504 km SW	855	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

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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-Nizier-le-Désert'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
Mazeray	17	442 km W	991	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Rhône	74	52 km E	646	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bras-sur-Meuse	55	351 km N	661	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sigloy	45	297 km NW	654	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Guillerval	91	345 km NW	808	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouranton	10	261 km N	633	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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