Tenay

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01416

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tenay (INSEE 01416) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,030 (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/01416-tenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 14,135 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.26	10	2.6
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

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 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ SLIM). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (P'TIT BUGISTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (GRAND CAFE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ODILE CUGNIET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (R STARI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHEZ SLIM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	P'TIT BUGISTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	GRAND CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ODILE CUGNIET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BARBI LOUIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	R STARI	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	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

1968: 1,993 2023: 1,030 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,085 (2012) → 1,030 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,356 (1990) → 1,030 (2023): -24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 743, of which 14.1 % second homes and 23.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.2 km NE 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 (Plateau d'Hauteville): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tenay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tenay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tenay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.4

Days at or below 0 °C 65.2

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST RAMBERT CG01 weather station, 5.2 km away at 296 m; the village itself is at 325 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 5.2 km away at 296 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,463 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TENAY, 0.3 km away at 349 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 — 01416/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01416/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01416/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01416/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01416
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
Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher	80	531 km NW	1,024	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Vétheuil	95	452 km NW	849	59	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Gingolph	74	113 km NE	903	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Mareuil-le-Port	51	376 km N	1,150	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Achiet-le-Grand	62	510 km N	974	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Montaigut-en-Combraille	63	211 km W	972	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gingolph	74	113 km NE	903	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Montaigut-en-Combraille	63	211 km W	972	47.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Mareuil-le-Port	51	376 km N	1,150	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Vétheuil	95	452 km NW	849	59	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Achiet-le-Grand	62	510 km N	974	60.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher	80	531 km NW	1,024	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · 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 Tenay'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
Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette	42	96 km SW	1,140	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Salornay-sur-Guye	71	97 km NW	864	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Bridoire	73	47 km SE	1,202	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier-Fontaine	25	193 km NE	1,232	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Couches	71	128 km NW	1,213	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Allier	03	192 km NW	1,024	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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