Viriat

Ain · CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse · INSEE 01451

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 58/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viriat (INSEE 01451) is in Ain (01), part of CA du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse. Population 7,102 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01451-viriat

Vitality score

Vitality score 58/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 3,398 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	0.51	25	12.71
Social	0.61	20	12.13
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHOCOLATS ROLAND REAUTE · NOL · L'EPI VIRIATI · MATT THE BAKER). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE COQ HARDI · GRAND FRAIS · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DAUJAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE GRAND PANIER BIO). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

19 × Restaurant (SARL VERSAUD ET FILS · BRESSALOON · NGUYEN THI · LE RELAIS DES SPORTS · AUBERGE DE TANVOL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES CARON, MÉDECIN · RIMA YANES, MÉDECIN · HERVE SAVI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE VIRIAT · PHARMACIE DE LA NEUVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIRIAT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VIRIAT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DES CARRONNIERS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT CTRE-EST · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE BRIGITTE · DUO COIFFURE · TCHIP COIFFURE · JULIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (B&B HOTELS · CAMPANILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	CHOCOLATS ROLAND REAUTE · NOL · L'EPI VIRIATI · MATT THE BAKER	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	LE COQ HARDI · GRAND FRAIS · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DAUJAT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE GRAND PANIER BIO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	19	SARL VERSAUD ET FILS · BRESSALOON · NGUYEN THI · LE RELAIS DES SPORTS · AUBERGE DE TANVOL	INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JACQUES CARON, MÉDECIN · RIMA YANES, MÉDECIN · HERVE SAVI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE VIRIAT · PHARMACIE DE LA NEUVE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VIRIAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VIRIAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DES CARRONNIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOLE MUT CTRE-EST · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	7	LES CISEAUX DE BRIGITTE · DUO COIFFURE · TCHIP COIFFURE · JULIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	2	B&B HOTELS · CAMPANILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 3,012 2023: 7,102 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,160 (2012) → 7,102 (2023): 15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,701 (1990) → 7,102 (2023): 51.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,210, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.0 km S 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 (Viriat): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viriat): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Viriat): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bourg-en-Bresse): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 63.2

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS weather station, 6.8 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 226 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 7.7 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT ETIENNE DU BOIS, 6.8 km away at 243 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01451/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01451/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01451/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01451/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01451
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01053
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
La Talaudière	42	105 km SW	7,133	69.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ismier	38	121 km SE	7,165	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Nanteuil-lès-Meaux	77	345 km NW	7,308	67.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds	31	409 km SW	7,003	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Chauray	79	430 km W	7,221	68.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Veigné	37	360 km W	6,865	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Talaudière	42	105 km SW	7,133	69.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ismier	38	121 km SE	7,165	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Nanteuil-lès-Meaux	77	345 km NW	7,308	67.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Veigné	37	360 km W	6,865	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds	31	409 km SW	7,003	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Chauray	79	430 km W	7,221	68.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · 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 Viriat'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
La Talaudière	42	105 km SW	7,133	69.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ensisheim	68	242 km NE	7,306	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sury-le-Comtal	42	113 km SW	6,621	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lentilly	69	65 km SW	6,623	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Châtenoy-le-Royal	71	68 km NW	6,267	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vallier	71	78 km NW	8,508	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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