Vandeins

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01429

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vandeins (INSEE 01429) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 732 (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/01429-vandeins

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,221 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 258 2023: 732 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 654 (2012) → 732 (2023): 11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 415 (1990) → 732 (2023): 76.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 3.4 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km SWFood shop — 2.7 km SWGP — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 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 (Chaveyriat): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaveyriat): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mézériat): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Polliat): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vandeins): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 64

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CEYZERIAT_SAPC weather station, 16.1 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 245 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 16.1 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 918 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BAGE, 16 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01429/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01429/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01429/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01429/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01429
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
Tourville-les-Ifs	76	522 km NW	729	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 38 %
Belleville-en-Caux	76	493 km NW	738	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Heuqueville	76	527 km NW	717	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Marcillé	79	401 km W	725	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-au-Val	50	620 km NW	729	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe	59	444 km N	733	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcillé	79	401 km W	725	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe	59	444 km N	733	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Belleville-en-Caux	76	493 km NW	738	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Tourville-les-Ifs	76	522 km NW	729	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 38 %
Heuqueville	76	527 km NW	717	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Le Mesnil-au-Val	50	620 km NW	729	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 30 % · 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 Vandeins'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
Tillenay	21	109 km N	743	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rivas	42	95 km SW	747	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Val-de-Guéblange	57	338 km NE	789	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	84 km W	684	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saulon-la-Rue	21	112 km N	701	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Esbarres	21	99 km N	689	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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