Aromas

Identity

Aromas (INSEE 39018) is in Jura (39), part of CC Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. Population 580 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Villeneuve-lès-Charnod (39566). ^[3]

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/39018-aromas

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,296 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (LES PIZZAS DU CHALET · A LA VIEILLE ECOLE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE D'AROMAS). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 630 (2012) → 580 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 407 (1990) → 580 (2023): 42.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 20.6 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Thoirette-Coisia): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Thoirette-Coisia): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thoirette-Coisia): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Thoirette-Coisia): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aromas): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST JULIEN - SA weather station, 10.7 km away at 361 m; the village itself is at 467 m. ^[11]

The village sits 106 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST JULIEN - SA, 10.7 km away at 361 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 106 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,455 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THOIRETTE, 4.5 km away at 325 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39018/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39018/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39018/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39018/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39530
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39018
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024