Villette-sur-Ain
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villette-sur-Ain (INSEE 01449) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Dombes. Population 780 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 15,805 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.23 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hotel (L'ANNEXE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | L'ANNEXE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 669 (2012) → 780 (2023): 16.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 412 (1990) → 780 (2023): 89.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 364, of which 7.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Châtillon-la-Palud): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Priay): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Priay): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Priay): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Villette-sur-Ain): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the AMBERIEU weather station, 4.8 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 245 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AMBERIEU, 4.8 km away at 250 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 1,154 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHATILLON, 2.4 km away at 253 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
44 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 281,000 € — 1,845 € per m² of built surface. [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 — 01449/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01449/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01449/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01449/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01092
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01314
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01449
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denonville | 28 | 374 km NW | 798 | 22.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hondainville | 60 | 434 km NW | 704 | 21.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mareil-en-France | 95 | 404 km NW | 734 | 24.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Stattmatten | 67 | 374 km NE | 744 | 22.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Temple | 51 | 344 km N | 768 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rampillon | 77 | 330 km NW | 836 | 22.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rampillon | 77 | 330 km NW | 836 | 22.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Temple | 51 | 344 km N | 768 | 25 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Denonville | 28 | 374 km NW | 798 | 22.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Stattmatten | 67 | 374 km NE | 744 | 22.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mareil-en-France | 95 | 404 km NW | 734 | 24.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hondainville | 60 | 434 km NW | 704 | 21.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Villette-sur-Ain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weckolsheim | 68 | 281 km NE | 742 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Farges-lès-Chalon | 71 | 100 km N | 829 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Balgau | 68 | 276 km NE | 947 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Kutzenhausen | 67 | 381 km NE | 928 | 29.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monthieux | 01 | 26 km W | 664 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fouchy | 67 | 301 km NE | 635 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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