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Sainte-Olive

Ain · CC de la Dombes · INSEE 01382

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Olive (INSEE 01382) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 357 (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/01382-sainte-olive

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,074 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE SAINT'OLIV). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1RESTAURANT LE SAINT'OLIVINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 110 2023: 357 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 296 (2012) → 357 (2023): 20.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 196 (1990) → 357 (2023): 82.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 2.1 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.3 km SW (Ambérieux-en-Dombes)Food shop — 3.4 km SW (Ambérieux-en-Dombes)GP — 3.4 km SW (Ambérieux-en-Dombes)Primary school — 3.5 km SW (Ambérieux-en-Dombes)Pharmacy — 6.6 km NW (Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans)
Bakery — 3.3 km SWFood shop — 3.4 km SWGP — 3.4 km SWPrimary school — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 6.6 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 (Ambérieux-en-Dombes): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ambérieux-en-Dombes): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Ambérieux-en-Dombes): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Ambérieux-en-Dombes): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 8.8 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 295 m. [10]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MARLIEUX, 8.8 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01382/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01382/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01382/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01382/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01005
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01389
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit51364 km N35622.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Strueth68241 km NE36025Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Maizet14529 km NW36023.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 73 %
Conflandey70208 km NE36017.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 81 %
Ferrières54300 km N36124.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %
Corbeil-Cerf60420 km NW35723.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Conflandey70208 km NE36017.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 81 %
Strueth68241 km NE36025Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Ferrières54300 km N36124.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit51364 km N35622.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Corbeil-Cerf60420 km NW35723.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 100 %
Maizet14529 km NW36023.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 73 %

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