Vieu-d'Izenave

Ain · CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération · INSEE 01441

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieu-d'Izenave (INSEE 01441) is in Ain (01), part of CA Haut-Bugey Agglomération. Population 719 (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/01441-vieu-d-izenave

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 16,282 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.87	10	8.72
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAS LA VIEILLE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE BALMAY VIEU D IZENAVE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE COMBE DU VAL PLACE DU VILLAGE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 [3,4]
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 LA VIEILLE AUBERGE	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	LE BALMAY VIEU D IZENAVE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE COMBE DU VAL PLACE DU VILLAGE	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		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: 388 2023: 719 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 683 (2012) → 719 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 524 (1990) → 719 (2023): 37.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.7 km NEBakery — 3.6 km NEFood shop — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 6.3 km NGP — 6.4 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 (Condamine): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerdon): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Martin-du-Frêne): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-du-Frêne): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vieu-d'Izenave): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10

Days at or below 0 °C 106▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VIEU weather station, 1.7 km away at 616 m; the village itself is at 651 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA BALME SUR CERDON_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 596 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 55 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,609 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VIEU, 1.7 km away at 616 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 — 01441/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01441/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01441/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01441/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01441
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
Geloux	40	538 km SW	719	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 %
Boistrudan	35	566 km NW	728	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Valfleury	42	102 km SW	739	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Vernon	86	390 km W	730	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 71 %
Frolois	54	280 km N	717	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-les-Places	69	93 km SW	684	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Clément-les-Places	69	93 km SW	684	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Valfleury	42	102 km SW	739	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Frolois	54	280 km N	717	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Vernon	86	390 km W	730	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 71 %
Geloux	40	538 km SW	719	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 %
Boistrudan	35	566 km NW	728	38.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · 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 Vieu-d'Izenave'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
Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon	43	180 km SW	931	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chainaz-les-Frasses	74	50 km SE	681	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Trépot	25	130 km N	565	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chaspinhac	43	166 km SW	875	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vuillecin	25	113 km NE	687	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chamesol	25	172 km NE	383	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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