Vaux-en-Bugey

Ain · CC de la Plaine de l'Ain · INSEE 01431

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaux-en-Bugey (INSEE 01431) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,201 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 13,197 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.63
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LIEVRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SDM CHAMPAGNY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAUX EN BUGEY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COMPARD CLAUDETTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE LIEVRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SDM CHAMPAGNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	1	VAUX EN BUGEY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	COMPARD CLAUDETTE	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: 738 peak 2017: 1,224 2023: 1,201 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,200 (2012) → 1,201 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 881 (1990) → 1,201 (2023): 36.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 639, of which 3 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SGP — 2.8 km SPharmacy — 2.8 km S 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): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaux-en-Bugey): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lagnieu): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lagnieu): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vaux-en-Bugey): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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 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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT RAMBERT EN BUGEY weather station, 5.7 km away at 287 m; the village itself is at 278 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 5.8 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,513 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT RAMBERT EN BUGEY, 5.7 km away at 287 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 — 01431/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01431/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01431/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01431/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01431
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
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	460 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Peillonnex	74	82 km E	1,381	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Marsat	63	176 km W	1,426	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ancy-Dornot	57	352 km N	1,490	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Mauves	07	107 km SW	1,210	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Champanges	74	105 km NE	1,208	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Peillonnex	74	82 km E	1,381	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Champanges	74	105 km NE	1,208	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mauves	07	107 km SW	1,210	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Marsat	63	176 km W	1,426	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ancy-Dornot	57	352 km N	1,490	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	460 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Vaux-en-Bugey'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
Algolsheim	68	285 km NE	1,112	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Éveux	69	58 km W	1,160	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Creuzier-le-Neuf	03	149 km W	1,225	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lavault-Sainte-Anne	03	217 km W	1,139	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	105 km SW	1,352	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset-lès-Montrond	42	95 km W	1,212	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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