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Toussieux

Ain · CC Dombes Saône Vallée · INSEE 01423

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

Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Toussieux (INSEE 01423) is in Ain (01), part of CC Dombes Saône Vallée. Population 1,257 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01423-toussieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 12,952 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.39207.87
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9954.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE TOUSSIEUX). [3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE TOUSSIEUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 160 2023: 1,257 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 797 (2012) → 1,257 (2023): 57.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 437 (1990) → 1,257 (2023): 187.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 465, of which 0.4 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.0 km SW (Reyrieux)GP — 2.9 km S (Reyrieux)Pharmacy — 3.6 km N (Ars-sur-Formans)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.0 km SWGP — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 3.6 km N 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 (Toussieux): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Reyrieux): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Reyrieux): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ars-sur-Formans): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Toussieux): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MESSIMY weather station, 11 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 236 m. [11]

The village sits 57 m above 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. [11]

An average of 875 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CIVRIEUX, 7.3 km away at 294 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01423/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01423/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01423/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01423/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01423
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01322
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01021
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Vaupalière76486 km NW1,24535Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 59 %
Oslon7192 km N1,22036.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 85 %
Gouvernes77360 km NW1,17736.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
Bainville-sur-Madon54307 km N1,44137.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Labeuvrière62534 km N1,64837.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 58 %
Beaucé35524 km NW1,25631Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Oslon7192 km N1,22036.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 85 %
Bainville-sur-Madon54307 km N1,44137.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Gouvernes77360 km NW1,17736.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
La Vaupalière76486 km NW1,24535Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 59 %
Beaucé35524 km NW1,25631Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 %
Labeuvrière62534 km N1,64837.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 58 %

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