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Saint-Sulpice

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01387

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sulpice (INSEE 01387) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 260 (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/01387-saint-sulpice

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,407 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE LEONA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)1LES DELICES DE LEONAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 120 2023: 260 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 173 (2012) → 260 (2023): 50.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 102 (1990) → 260 (2023): 154.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 103, of which 1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 0.5 km SE (Saint-Sulpice)Primary school — 2.3 km SE (Saint-Didier-d'Aussiat)Food shop — 3.2 km NE (Marsonnas)GP — 6.8 km E (Montrevel-en-Bresse)Pharmacy — 7.0 km E (Montrevel-en-Bresse)
Bakery — 0.5 km SEPrimary school — 2.3 km SEFood shop — 3.2 km NEGP — 6.8 km EPharmacy — 7.0 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-Sulpice): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marsonnas): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Montrevel-en-Bresse): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Montrevel-en-Bresse): 7 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Didier-d'Aussiat): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 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, 10.5 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 212 m. [12]

An average of 918 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BAGE, 6.6 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01387/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01387/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01387/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01387/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01387
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01236
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01266
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01346
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Gripport54250 km N26418.6No daily shopsno figures
Anderny54341 km N25420.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Magneux51346 km N26621.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Bourdonnay57295 km NE24819.5No daily shopsno figures
Vroncourt54251 km N27323.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Sainte-Marie-de-Vatimesnil27418 km NW26220.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gripport54250 km N26418.6No daily shopsno figures
Vroncourt54251 km N27323.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Bourdonnay57295 km NE24819.5No daily shopsno figures
Anderny54341 km N25420.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Magneux51346 km N26621.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Sainte-Marie-de-Vatimesnil27418 km NW26220.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 86 %

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