Saint-Vulbas
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Vulbas (INSEE 01390) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,247 (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 52.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 12,990 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.67 | 20 | 13.44 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.53 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SDB · A VOS VIANDES). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LA SOURCE · LA ROTONDE · A LA BONNE TABLE · LES HALLES DE SAINT VULBAS · BRASSERIE LES EOLIENNES). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LES TERRASSES DE BUGEY). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME DUMONT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT VULBAS RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RENCONTRES). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (BARBER CITY · ELEGANCE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HÔTEL BIO-MOTEL · WHAT ELSE HOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L'ATELIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | SDB · A VOS VIANDES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 6 | LA SOURCE · LA ROTONDE · A LA BONNE TABLE · LES HALLES DE SAINT VULBAS · BRASSERIE LES EOLIENNES | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LES TERRASSES DE BUGEY | 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 | GUILLAUME DUMONT, 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 | 1 | SAINT VULBAS RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RENCONTRES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | BARBER CITY · ELEGANCE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | HÔTEL BIO-MOTEL · WHAT ELSE HOTEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 1,011 (2012) → 1,247 (2023): 23.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 710 (1990) → 1,247 (2023): 75.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 578, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Vulbas): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Vulbas): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Vulbas): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Vulbas): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LOYETTES weather station, 5.4 km away at 198 m; the village itself is at 203 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BALAN_AERO, 14.5 km away at 196 m, over 10 summers. [10]
An average of 990 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LOYETTES, 5.4 km away at 198 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01390/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01390/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01390/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01390/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01390
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01378
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celle-Lévescault | 86 | 399 km W | 1,383 | 45.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil | 37 | 427 km NW | 1,116 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cheffes | 49 | 484 km NW | 1,044 | 47.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lussas | 07 | 151 km SW | 1,145 | 45.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hières-sur-Amby | 38 | 4.2 km S | 1,245 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 88 % |
| Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux | 35 | 579 km NW | 1,326 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hières-sur-Amby | 38 | 4.2 km S | 1,245 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 88 % |
| Lussas | 07 | 151 km SW | 1,145 | 45.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Celle-Lévescault | 86 | 399 km W | 1,383 | 45.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil | 37 | 427 km NW | 1,116 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cheffes | 49 | 484 km NW | 1,044 | 47.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux | 35 | 579 km NW | 1,326 | 50.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-Vulbas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnay | 38 | 61 km SW | 1,234 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pact | 38 | 59 km SW | 863 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Blyes | 01 | 3.6 km W | 1,401 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Viols-le-Fort | 34 | 264 km SW | 1,229 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ansouis | 84 | 234 km S | 1,064 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chazey-sur-Ain | 01 | 7.0 km NW | 1,632 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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