Sandrans

Ain · CC de la Dombes · INSEE 01393

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

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sandrans (INSEE 01393) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 582 (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/01393-sandrans

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,267 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (PCDECOUPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ESTAMINET DES DOMBES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR DE SANDRANS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA GUINGUETTE DU PARADIS DES DOMBES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PCDECOUPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'ESTAMINET DES DOMBES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE COMPTOIR DE SANDRANS	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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LA GUINGUETTE DU PARADIS DES DOMBES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 361 2023: 582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 514 (2012) → 582 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 346 (1990) → 582 (2023): 68.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 6.4 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.9 km WBakery — 5.9 km NPharmacy — 6.3 km W 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 (Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sandrans): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sandrans): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.5

Days at or below 0 °C 54.3

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MARLIEUX weather station, 5.8 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 283 m. ^[11]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARLIEUX, 5.8 km away at 277 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 — 01393/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01393/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01393/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01393/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01393
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01389
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
Flachères	38	71 km S	579	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 54 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	76 km SW	555	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Courset	62	560 km NW	505	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 77 %
Cornillé-les-Caves	49	432 km NW	484	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Mackwiller	67	359 km NE	525	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Lavergne	46	288 km SW	489	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flachères	38	71 km S	579	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 54 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	76 km SW	555	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Lavergne	46	288 km SW	489	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Mackwiller	67	359 km NE	525	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Cornillé-les-Caves	49	432 km NW	484	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Courset	62	560 km NW	505	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 77 %

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