Joux

Rhône · CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien · INSEE 69102

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

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Joux (INSEE 69102) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 752 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69102-joux

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,031 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.97	10	9.69
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE TILIA). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (JOUX AP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LE TILIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	JOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 434 2023: 752 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 650 (2012) → 752 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 512 (1990) → 752 (2023): 46.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 332, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km SBakery — 4.2 km SFood shop — 4.3 km E 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 (Violay): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tarare): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Violay): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Violay): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Joux): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.4

Days at or below 0 °C 48.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES SAUVAGES weather station, 5.4 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 515 m. ^[11]

The village sits 316 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES SAUVAGES, 5.4 km away at 831 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 316 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES SAUVAGES, 5.4 km away at 831 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42334
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69102
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
Le Fouilloux	17	359 km W	755	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Espiet	33	382 km W	741	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Angel	03	139 km NW	738	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Surieu	38	69 km SE	757	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	180 km SW	728	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	438 km N	715	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-de-Surieu	38	69 km SE	757	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Angel	03	139 km NW	738	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	180 km SW	728	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Le Fouilloux	17	359 km W	755	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Espiet	33	382 km W	741	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	438 km N	715	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · 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 Joux'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
Balbronn	67	379 km NE	681	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	336 km NW	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Val-d'Ornain	55	328 km N	952	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-les-Bordes	77	306 km N	610	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saulnières	28	387 km NW	751	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Valfleury	42	42 km S	739	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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