Alix

Rhône · CC Beaujolais Pierres Dorées · INSEE 69004

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alix (INSEE 69004) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. Population 777 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 15,828 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ASTALIX). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MILLE ET UN LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BENITEZ ENCARNACION). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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. ^[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	1	ASTALIX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MILLE ET UN LIVRES	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	1	BENITEZ ENCARNACION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 891 2023: 777 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 728 (2012) → 777 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 665 (1990) → 777 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.3 km EFood shop — 2.5 km SEBakery — 3.1 km NEPharmacy — 3.5 km SW 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 (Lachassagne): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Charnay): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Marcy): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Chessy): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Alix): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

Muggy days a summer 7.2

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the LUCENAY weather station, 3.3 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 286 m. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at LUCENAY, 3.3 km away at 255 m, over 20 summers. ^[14]

An average of 730 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at LUCENAY, 3.3 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/6c449e36-2ade-3ff4-86f5-1aaa705fcee6— “marché alimentaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69056
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69004
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
Poyartin	40	501 km SW	776	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Lavau-sur-Loire	44	529 km W	773	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Vergéal	35	507 km NW	806	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Civrac-de-Blaye	33	407 km W	795	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-le-Châtel	01	55 km NE	796	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde	38	64 km SE	759	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-le-Châtel	01	55 km NE	796	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde	38	64 km SE	759	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Civrac-de-Blaye	33	407 km W	795	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Poyartin	40	501 km SW	776	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Vergéal	35	507 km NW	806	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Lavau-sur-Loire	44	529 km W	773	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Alix'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
Virson	17	429 km W	731	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux	18	183 km NW	729	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Caumont-sur-Garonne	47	387 km SW	823	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Julienne	16	379 km W	560	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Samazan	47	392 km SW	835	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fontet	33	396 km W	746	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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