Varambon

Ain · CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon · INSEE 01430

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varambon (INSEE 01430) is in Ain (01), part of CC Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon. Population 675 (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/01430-varambon

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,587 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	0.94	5	4.7

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 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 A L'AIN CLAIRE). ^[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 A L'AIN CLAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 299 2023: 675 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 522 (2012) → 675 (2023): 29.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 353 (1990) → 675 (2023): 91.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 338, of which 3 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km SWBakery — 1.5 km EGP — 1.5 km NEFood shop — 1.7 km NEPharmacy — 1.7 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 (Pont-d'Ain): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-d'Ain): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pont-d'Ain): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pont-d'Ain): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Varambon): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.1

Days at or below 0 °C 68.2

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEUVILLE weather station, 6.5 km away at 291 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 7.1 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,247 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEUVILLE, 6.5 km away at 291 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 — 01430/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01430/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01430/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01430/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01430
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
Gabaston	64	528 km SW	673	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 29 %
Auffreville-Brasseuil	78	422 km NW	671	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Waast	59	488 km N	686	20	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 76 %
Averdon	41	356 km NW	677	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Petosse	85	481 km W	688	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Anglesqueville-l'Esneval	76	551 km NW	678	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Averdon	41	356 km NW	677	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Auffreville-Brasseuil	78	422 km NW	671	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Petosse	85	481 km W	688	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Waast	59	488 km N	686	20	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 76 %
Gabaston	64	528 km SW	673	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 29 %
Anglesqueville-l'Esneval	76	551 km NW	678	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Varambon'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
Brenat	63	165 km W	629	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	102 km S	655	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saussenac	81	330 km SW	632	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Geyssans	26	104 km S	755	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Arthémonay	26	102 km S	613	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dampniat	19	303 km W	716	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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