Villemotier

Identity

Villemotier (INSEE 01445) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 612 (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/01445-villemotier

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,981 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ BOL). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ANAIS COIFFURE · ART BEAUTE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 644 (2012) → 612 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 419 (1990) → 612 (2023): 46.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 3.1 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villemotier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Salavre): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coligny): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Coligny): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villemotier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS weather station, 6.5 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 243 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 16.1 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,238 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SALAVRE, 2.7 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 196,750 € — 1,198 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

13 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 72,000 € — 1,473 € 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01445/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01445/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01445/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01445/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01445
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01391
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01108
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025