Seyssel

Ain · CC Usses et Rhône · INSEE 01407

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

Partly served 46.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Seyssel (INSEE 01407) is in Ain (01), part of CC Usses et Rhône. Population 1,008 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/01407-seyssel

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 14,278 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.73	10	7.34
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU RHONE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SUSHI GO · AU VIEUX PONT · TAVERNE LE GAULOIS · TWINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RICHEMOND). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE DES DEUX PONTS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC DOCHE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BIONNET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SEYSSEL LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE SEYSSEL). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (BRIBARD ROSELYNE · CREATION COIFFURE · EPI TETE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU RHÔNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA BICHE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DU RHONE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	4	SUSHI GO · AU VIEUX PONT · TAVERNE LE GAULOIS · TWINS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE RICHEMOND	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE DES DEUX PONTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ERIC DOCHE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BIONNET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SEYSSEL LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE SEYSSEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	BRIBARD ROSELYNE · CREATION COIFFURE · EPI TETE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DU RHÔNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA BICHE	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: 1,029 peak 1975: 1,043 2023: 1,008 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 950 (2012) → 1,008 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 817 (1990) → 1,008 (2023): 23.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 610, of which 9.3 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Seyssel): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Seyssel): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Seyssel): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Seyssel): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Seyssel): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VIRIEU-LE-PETIT weather station, 10 km away at 600 m; the village itself is at 256 m. ^[9]

The village sits 344 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE, 14.6 km away at 350 m, over 27 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 94 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,306 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SEYSSEL, 0.2 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01407/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01407/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01407/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01407/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01407
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
Verzy	51	376 km N	961	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Labergement-Sainte-Marie	25	97 km N	1,273	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix	27	546 km NW	1,252	60.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Preignan	32	480 km SW	1,202	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Azé	71	98 km NW	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cormeilles	27	549 km NW	1,105	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Labergement-Sainte-Marie	25	97 km N	1,273	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Azé	71	98 km NW	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Verzy	51	376 km N	961	57	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Preignan	32	480 km SW	1,202	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix	27	546 km NW	1,252	60.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Cormeilles	27	549 km NW	1,105	60	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Seyssel'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
L'Isle-sur-Serein	89	229 km NW	666	69.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-d'Albigeois	81	358 km SW	1,224	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lempdes-sur-Allagnon	43	209 km W	1,293	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villefagnan	16	444 km W	972	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Loulay	17	490 km W	760	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genou	36	361 km W	911	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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