Longessaigne

Identity

Longessaigne (INSEE 69120) is in Rhône (69), part of CC des Monts du Lyonnais. Population 589 (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/69120-longessaigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,178 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.

Services

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

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAFE DE LA PLACE RESTAURANT · LE 730). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LONGESSAIGNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LA FORET DES HERISSONS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 600 (2012) → 589 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 483 (1990) → 589 (2023): 21.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 10.1 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Longessaigne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villechenève): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montrottier): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montrottier): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villechenève): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BULLY weather station, 13.7 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 689 m. ^[11]

The village sits 409 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES SAUVAGES, 16.3 km away at 831 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 142 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 876 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTROTTIER, 3.5 km away at 630 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69120/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69120/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69120/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69120/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69120
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69263
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69139
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024