Villebois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villebois (INSEE 01444) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Plaine de l'Ain. Population 1,206 (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/01444-villebois
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 13,167 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 | 0.39 | 20 | 7.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.05 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.1 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA BOULANGERIE DU PORT). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LE TRAPPEUR · LE CLOS DES DEMOISELLES · PATOPIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLEBOIS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEBOIS). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (FLO ESTHETIQUE COIFFURE · ESPACE COIFFURE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (DOMAINE DES CÈDRES · CIT'HOTEL LA RESIDENCE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | LA BOULANGERIE DU PORT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | LE TRAPPEUR · LE CLOS DES DEMOISELLES · PATOPIZZA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | VILLEBOIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLEBOIS | 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 | 3 | FLO ESTHETIQUE COIFFURE · ESPACE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | DOMAINE DES CÈDRES · CIT'HOTEL LA RESIDENCE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
Population 1,158 (2012) → 1,206 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 924 (1990) → 1,206 (2023): 30.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 687, of which 9 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Porcieu-Amblagnieu): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villebois): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Montalieu-Vercieu): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Montalieu-Vercieu): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Villebois): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BENONCES weather station, 4.1 km away at 944 m; the village itself is at 251 m. [11]
The village sits 693 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST RAMBERT CG01, 11.5 km away at 296 m, over 13 summers. [11]
An average of 1,717 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BENONCES, 4.1 km away at 944 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
94 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 167,850 € — 1,829 € per m² of built surface. [12]
8 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 123,500 € — 1,671 € per m². [12]
The median across Ain is 2,288 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01444/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01444/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01444/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01444/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38320
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01444
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 38247
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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-Saturnin | 63 | 183 km W | 1,164 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Girouard | 85 | 547 km W | 1,156 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pressins | 38 | 39 km SE | 1,194 | 32.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Temple-sur-Lot | 47 | 418 km W | 1,118 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Saint-Just | 35 | 602 km NW | 1,107 | 27.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aveize | 69 | 77 km W | 1,110 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressins | 38 | 39 km SE | 1,194 | 32.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aveize | 69 | 77 km W | 1,110 | 29.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 63 | 183 km W | 1,164 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Temple-sur-Lot | 47 | 418 km W | 1,118 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Le Girouard | 85 | 547 km W | 1,156 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Just | 35 | 602 km NW | 1,107 | 27.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Villebois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnay | 69 | 60 km W | 1,023 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Corbonod | 01 | 32 km NE | 1,333 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montcresson | 45 | 304 km NW | 1,262 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cogny | 69 | 65 km W | 1,211 | 33 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nevoy | 45 | 300 km NW | 1,163 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Parize-le-Châtel | 58 | 206 km NW | 1,227 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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