Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey (INSEE 01386) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,152 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/01386-saint-sorlin-en-bugey
Vitality score
Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 13,490 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU ROCHER). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES MARTIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (ESSENCE CIEL). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DU ROCHER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 1 | GILLES MARTIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | ESSENCE CIEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 1,068 (2012) → 1,152 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 832 (1990) → 1,152 (2023): 38.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 592, of which 5.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lagnieu): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lagnieu): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SAINT RAMBERT EN BUGEY weather station, 6.8 km away at 287 m; the village itself is at 208 m. [10]
The village sits 79 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 10 km away at 296 m, over 13 summers. [10]
That station sits 88 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,513 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINT RAMBERT EN BUGEY, 6.8 km away at 287 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
54 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 238,450 € — 2,410 € per m² of built surface. [11]
14 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 134,750 € — 1,731 € per m². [11]
The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01386/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01386/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01386/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01386/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01386
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01202
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres | 62 | 610 km NW | 1,523 | 29.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 % |
| L'Escale | 04 | 207 km S | 1,427 | 34 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Martin-Lacaussade | 33 | 476 km W | 1,171 | 41.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-André-le-Puy | 42 | 90 km W | 1,530 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lepuix | 90 | 236 km NE | 1,115 | 33.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cresserons | 14 | 572 km NW | 1,068 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 36 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-le-Puy | 42 | 90 km W | 1,530 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 % |
| L'Escale | 04 | 207 km S | 1,427 | 34 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lepuix | 90 | 236 km NE | 1,115 | 33.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Martin-Lacaussade | 33 | 476 km W | 1,171 | 41.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cresserons | 14 | 572 km NW | 1,068 | 28.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 36 % · humidity 71 % |
| Andres | 62 | 610 km NW | 1,523 | 29.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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-Sorlin-en-Bugey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sauveur | 38 | 81 km S | 2,127 | 44.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles | 71 | 58 km NW | 1,131 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Los Masos | 66 | 431 km SW | 966 | 40.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villemoirieu | 38 | 22 km SW | 1,925 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montverdun | 42 | 103 km W | 1,283 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Dalhunden | 67 | 377 km NE | 1,215 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01386-saint-sorlin-en-bugey