Vescours

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01437

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

No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vescours (INSEE 01437) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 221 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 16,569 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	7.01
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SAS DU CHAMP MARTIN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1	SAS DU CHAMP MARTIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 225 peak 2017: 241 2023: 221 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 222 (2012) → 221 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 184 (1990) → 221 (2023): 20.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 13.8 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.6 km NEPrimary school — 3.9 km WGP — 4.3 km NEPharmacy — 4.4 km NEBakery — 4.7 km E 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 (Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Romenay): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Romenay): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Romenay): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sermoyer): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.7

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT JULIEN SUR REYSSOUZE weather station, 10.3 km away at 189 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,009 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COURTES, 6.6 km away at 211 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 — 01437/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01437/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01437/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01437/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01388
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01402
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
Saint-Cirgue	81	348 km SW	224	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
La Genétouze	17	415 km W	217	15.4	No daily shops	no figures
Montardit	09	485 km SW	224	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Montauriol	47	403 km SW	226	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 50 %
Joué-du-Plain	61	458 km NW	233	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 80 %
Andelaroche	03	101 km W	214	14.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Andelaroche	03	101 km W	214	14.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Cirgue	81	348 km SW	224	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Montauriol	47	403 km SW	226	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 50 %
La Genétouze	17	415 km W	217	15.4	No daily shops	no figures
Joué-du-Plain	61	458 km NW	233	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 80 %
Montardit	09	485 km SW	224	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %

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