Limas
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Limas (INSEE 69115) is in Rhône (69), part of CA Villefranche Beaujolais Saône. Population 4,750 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69115-limas
Vitality score
Vitality score 55.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 4,880 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 | 0.36 | 25 | 8.95 |
| Social | 0.76 | 20 | 15.27 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.68 | 10 | 6.82 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.01 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIES BG · LE PAIN DU GONE · MAISON FEBRE BY LIMAS · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (E.R.E). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INSTANT GUSTATIF). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (LA CALADE GOURMANDE · LENA & THEO · PIZZA ULTIMA · LES COULISSES · CHEF CHEFFE). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (BLACKOUT · LA SPRITZERIA). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FERNAND GAYOT). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERNAND GAYOT). [3]
1 × Collège. [3]
14 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE MARIE MOCNIK, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE LOULIER BASSET, MÉDECIN · LAURIANNE CLAUSTRAT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHRISTOPHE PINEAU, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MICHEL, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE · PHARMACIE DE BELLEROCHE). [3,4]
2 × Library (69 - MÉDIATHÈQUE DÉPARTEMENTALE SITE NORD · BIBLIOTHÈQUE RENÉ JARDIN). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LIMAS · ZONE SPORTIVE DU COLLEGE). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BNP · BNP PARIBAS · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (HAIR COLOR S · BEAUTY COIFFURE · LE SALON · LE STUDIO DE JESS). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL AMBIANCE · HOTEL IBIS BUDGET VILLEFRANCHE SUR SAONE · COURTEPAILLE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste).
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | BOULANGERIES BG · LE PAIN DU GONE · MAISON FEBRE BY LIMAS · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | E.R.E | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSTANT GUSTATIF | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 9 | LA CALADE GOURMANDE · LENA & THEO · PIZZA ULTIMA · LES COULISSES · CHEF CHEFFE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | BLACKOUT · LA SPRITZERIA | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FERNAND GAYOT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERNAND GAYOT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 14 | ANNE MARIE MOCNIK, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE LOULIER BASSET, MÉDECIN · LAURIANNE CLAUSTRAT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHRISTOPHE PINEAU, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MICHEL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 14 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE · PHARMACIE DE BELLEROCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 2 | 69 - MÉDIATHÈQUE DÉPARTEMENTALE SITE NORD · BIBLIOTHÈQUE RENÉ JARDIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | GYMNASE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE LIMAS · ZONE SPORTIVE DU COLLEGE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · BNP · BNP PARIBAS · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | HAIR COLOR S · BEAUTY COIFFURE · LE SALON · LE STUDIO DE JESS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL AMBIANCE · HOTEL IBIS BUDGET VILLEFRANCHE SUR SAONE · COURTEPAILLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Saturday de 7h30 à 12h30 place de Mieming. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,549 (2012) → 4,750 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,652 (1990) → 4,750 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,139, of which 1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Limas): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Limas): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Limas): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Limas): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Limas): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the POMMIERS weather station, 2.2 km away at 315 m; the village itself is at 236 m. [10]
The village sits 79 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LIERGUES_SAPC, 4.4 km away at 290 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 764 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at POMMIERS, 2.2 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69115/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.limas.fr/— “Le marché a lieu le mardi et le samedi, de 7h30 à 12h30, place de Mieming.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69115/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69115/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69115/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69115
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Sainte-Marie | 10 | 265 km N | 5,249 | 54.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Richwiller | 68 | 280 km NE | 3,905 | 39.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fraisses | 42 | 74 km SW | 3,872 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bièvres | 91 | 362 km NW | 4,686 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| L'Hôpital | 57 | 385 km N | 5,183 | 48.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Beynost | 01 | 27 km SE | 5,198 | 59.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beynost | 01 | 27 km SE | 5,198 | 59.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fraisses | 42 | 74 km SW | 3,872 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie | 10 | 265 km N | 5,249 | 54.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Richwiller | 68 | 280 km NE | 3,905 | 39.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bièvres | 91 | 362 km NW | 4,686 | 46.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| L'Hôpital | 57 | 385 km N | 5,183 | 48.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Limas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-de-Mure | 69 | 41 km SE | 5,791 | 46.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jean | 31 | 360 km SW | 11,261 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sassenage | 38 | 113 km SE | 11,646 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vayres | 33 | 410 km W | 4,615 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montech | 82 | 354 km SW | 6,663 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chassieu | 69 | 33 km SE | 11,208 | 46 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69115-limas