Sauverny

Identity

Sauverny (INSEE 01397) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Pays de Gex. Population 1,022 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01397-sauverny

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 14,188 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAUVERNY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (JUST FOR YOU). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 1,070 (2012) → 1,022 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,067 (1990) → 1,022 (2023): -4.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 525, of which 13.7 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Versonnex): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cessy): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Versonnex): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cessy): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sauverny): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CESSY weather station, 2.7 km away at 507 m; the village itself is at 492 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CESSY, 2.7 km away at 507 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,044 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CESSY, 2.7 km away at 507 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 685,000 € — 4,950 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

23 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 360,100 € — 4,447 € per m². ^[13]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01397/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/821f7446-123c-34be-ab5a-5abb8eba88ff— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01397/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01397/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01397/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01435
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01071
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01397
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025