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Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne

Rhône · CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien · INSEE 69188

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne (INSEE 69188) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 900 (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/69188-saint-clement-sur-valsonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 14,967 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8854.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (JULIEN BROSSAT S.A.S). [4,3]

1 × Restaurant. [4,3]

1 × Café / bar. [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST CLEMENT SOUS VALSONNE AP). [4]

1 × Hotel (LE SAINT CLEMENT). [4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1JULIEN BROSSAT S.A.SINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1ST CLEMENT SOUS VALSONNE APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel1LE SAINT CLEMENTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 474 peak 2017: 909 2023: 900 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 780 (2012) → 900 (2023): 15.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 467 (1990) → 900 (2023): 92.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 5.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.5 km N (Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne)Bakery — 3.1 km NW (Valsonne)GP — 3.3 km SW (Tarare)Pharmacy — 3.6 km SW (Tarare)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NBakery — 3.1 km NWGP — 3.3 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SW 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 (Valsonne): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Tarare): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Tarare): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-VERAND weather station, 3.7 km away at 430 m; the village itself is at 382 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at LES SAUVAGES, 5.5 km away at 831 m, over 28 summers. [11]

That station sits 449 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 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST-VERAND, 3.7 km away at 430 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 — 69188/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69188/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69188/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69188/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69254
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69188
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69243
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rioux17402 km W96445.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Clévilliers28372 km NW76546.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Simon28387 km NW88842.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vivoin72414 km NW89238.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Nieuil16306 km W88334.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Augé79369 km W89235.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nieuil16306 km W88334.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Augé79369 km W89235.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Clévilliers28372 km NW76546.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Simon28387 km NW88842.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rioux17402 km W96445.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Vivoin72414 km NW89238.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %

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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 Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Clévilliers28372 km NW76546.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Simon28387 km NW88842.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-lès-Gisors60423 km NW80936.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boisville-la-Saint-Père28339 km NW71947.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Javerdat87268 km W73339.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lamnay72374 km NW92845.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %