Dracé

Rhône · CC Saône-Beaujolais · INSEE 69077

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dracé (INSEE 69077) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Saône-Beaujolais. Population 1,212 (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 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 13,138 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 (COTE FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	COTE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 507 2023: 1,212 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 988 (2012) → 1,212 (2023): 22.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 696 (1990) → 1,212 (2023): 74.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 469, of which 1.5 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NWBakery — 3.1 km NWGP — 3.6 km NEPharmacy — 4.6 km NE 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 (Romanèche-Thorins): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Romanèche-Thorins): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Thoissey): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dracé): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.5

Days at or below 0 °C 41.4

Muggy days a summer 7

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-JEAN-D ARDIE weather station, 6.5 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[12]

The village sits 64 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-JEAN-D ARDIE, 6.5 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LANCIE, 4.2 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71372
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01420
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01348
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69077
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
Heiteren	68	291 km NE	1,069	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Bévenais	38	97 km SE	1,049	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Biriatou	64	602 km SW	1,297	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
Courlans	39	80 km NE	938	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Château-l'Abbaye	59	490 km N	917	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	329 km SW	971	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courlans	39	80 km NE	938	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Bévenais	38	97 km SE	1,049	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Heiteren	68	291 km NE	1,069	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	329 km SW	971	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Château-l'Abbaye	59	490 km N	917	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Biriatou	64	602 km SW	1,297	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Dracé'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
Salaunes	33	456 km W	1,260	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Lages	31	379 km SW	886	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Charentay	69	10 km SW	1,273	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mouliets-et-Villemartin	33	400 km W	1,041	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Corcelles-en-Beaujolais	69	3.3 km W	1,001	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Curis-au-Mont-d'Or	69	32 km S	1,195	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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