Frontenas
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 42.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Frontenas (INSEE 69090) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. Population 915 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69090-frontenas
Vitality score
Vitality score 42.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 14,881 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.28 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.58 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (D AILLEURS ET D AUTRE PART). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (BISTROT D'HELICES). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL BRUNETTE, MÉDECIN). [3]
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, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 | 2 | D AILLEURS ET D AUTRE PART | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | BISTROT D'HELICES | 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) | 1 | PASCAL BRUNETTE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 812 (2012) → 915 (2023): 12.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 745 (1990) → 915 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 379, of which 4.2 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Theizé): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Val d'Oingt): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]
GP (Frontenas): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Val d'Oingt): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Frontenas): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LE BREUIL weather station, 4.3 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 360 m. [12]
The village sits 85 m above 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 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at LIERGUES_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 290 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 70 m below 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 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LE BREUIL, 4.3 km away at 275 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 — 69090/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2019-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b435d478-8ada-37dd-8dd6-923ca3acf946— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69090/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69090/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69090/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69246
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69024
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69090
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esquerchin | 59 | 509 km N | 893 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 % |
| Glaire | 08 | 422 km N | 846 | 35.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cheminot | 57 | 355 km N | 833 | 47.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauregard-Baret | 26 | 109 km SE | 905 | 45 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aigneville | 80 | 509 km NW | 904 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 % |
| Savas | 07 | 70 km S | 896 | 42.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savas | 07 | 70 km S | 896 | 42.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beauregard-Baret | 26 | 109 km SE | 905 | 45 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cheminot | 57 | 355 km N | 833 | 47.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Glaire | 08 | 422 km N | 846 | 35.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aigneville | 80 | 509 km NW | 904 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 % |
| Esquerchin | 59 | 509 km N | 893 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 55 % |
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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 Frontenas'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 Motte-Saint-Jean | 71 | 81 km NW | 1,170 | 27 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Priest-Bramefant | 63 | 92 km W | 871 | 42.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin | 38 | 97 km SE | 937 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courtenay | 38 | 63 km E | 1,277 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Anglars-Saint-Félix | 12 | 252 km SW | 930 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arceau | 21 | 168 km N | 980 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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