Torcieu

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01421

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Torcieu (INSEE 01421) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 739 (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/01421-torcieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 16,137 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	7.99
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 2 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CO'LOR ELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	CO'LOR ELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 429 2023: 739 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 707 (2012) → 739 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 569 (1990) → 739 (2023): 29.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 6.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km WGP — 4.2 km SWBakery — 4.3 km SWPharmacy — 4.3 km SW 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 (Lagnieu): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaux-en-Bugey): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lagnieu): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lagnieu): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Torcieu): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.6

Days at or below 0 °C 75.2

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 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT RAMBERT EN BUGEY weather station, 2.6 km away at 287 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 6 km away at 296 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,513 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT RAMBERT EN BUGEY, 2.6 km away at 287 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 — 01421/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01421/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01421/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01421/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01431
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01421
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
Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze	01	65 km NW	726	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 84 %
Bayon-sur-Gironde	33	477 km W	734	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 71 %
Chélieu	38	46 km S	733	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Montilly-sur-Noireau	61	553 km NW	723	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Plasnes	27	506 km NW	729	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Florentin	81	348 km SW	762	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chélieu	38	46 km S	733	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze	01	65 km NW	726	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 84 %
Florentin	81	348 km SW	762	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Bayon-sur-Gironde	33	477 km W	734	18.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 71 %
Plasnes	27	506 km NW	729	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Montilly-sur-Noireau	61	553 km NW	723	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · 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 Torcieu'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
Dizimieu	38	24 km S	835	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	120 km NW	684	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Dampniat	19	305 km W	716	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Arthun	42	107 km W	532	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Limons	63	151 km W	721	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Escolives-Sainte-Camille	89	242 km NW	719	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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