Souclin

Identity

Souclin (INSEE 01411) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 262 (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/01411-souclin

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,443 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE CAMPAGNARDE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 263 (2012) → 262 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 262 (2023): 33 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 173, of which 11.6 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sault-Brénaz): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lagnieu): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Souclin): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BENONCES weather station, 5.5 km away at 944 m; the village itself is at 604 m. ^[12]

The village sits 340 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 8.9 km away at 296 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 308 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,717 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BENONCES, 5.5 km away at 944 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 136,500 € — 1,535 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 01411/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01411/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01411/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01411/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01386
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01396
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01202
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01411
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025