Les Sauvages

Identity

Les Sauvages (INSEE 69174) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 626 (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/69174-les-sauvages

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 16,841 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA ROCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (TRANSFORM'& MOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA ROCHE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 656 (2012) → 626 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 561 (1990) → 626 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 5.4 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Machézal): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tarare): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tarare): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tarare): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Sauvages): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES SAUVAGES weather station, 1.3 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 732 m. ^[11]

The village sits 99 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES SAUVAGES, 1.3 km away at 831 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 99 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, 1.3 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69174/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69174/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69174/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69174/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42128
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69243
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69174
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024