Saint-Romain-de-Popey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Romain-de-Popey (INSEE 69234) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 1,725 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 45.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 10,591 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.77 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES CAPRICES DE FANELIE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (GARE' DEN CAFE). [3,4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU POPEY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES ROCHES). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUDE RAQUIN, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA FRAISSINET ASTIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST ROMAIN DE POPEY AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE JEAN FERLIN). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (L.B. COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LES CAPRICES DE FANELIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 3 | GARE' DEN CAFE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU POPEY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES ROCHES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | AUDE RAQUIN, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA FRAISSINET ASTIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ST ROMAIN DE POPEY AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE JEAN FERLIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | L.B. COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,430 (2012) → 1,725 (2023): 20.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,010 (1990) → 1,725 (2023): 70.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 791, of which 6.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Romain-de-Popey): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bully): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Romain-de-Popey): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vindry-sur-Turdine): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Romain-de-Popey): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BULLY weather station, 4.2 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 408 m. [12]
The village sits 128 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST-GERMAIN-L AR, 6.2 km away at 370 m, over 25 summers. [12]
An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BULLY, 4.2 km away at 280 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69234/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2022-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/08046c10-68ea-3263-b5af-dea970d22942— “Le marché se déroule le mardi de 16h à 19h.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69234/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69234/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69234/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69234
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69032
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69157
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornillon-Confoux | 13 | 258 km S | 1,667 | 40.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Doix lès Fontaines | 85 | 416 km W | 1,779 | 39 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-André-de-Seignanx | 40 | 530 km SW | 1,945 | 36.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 % |
| Sonchamp | 78 | 364 km NW | 1,678 | 31.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Miribel-les-Échelles | 38 | 103 km SE | 1,713 | 38.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Choisy | 74 | 119 km E | 1,731 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miribel-les-Échelles | 38 | 103 km SE | 1,713 | 38.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Choisy | 74 | 119 km E | 1,731 | 32.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cornillon-Confoux | 13 | 258 km S | 1,667 | 40.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sonchamp | 78 | 364 km NW | 1,678 | 31.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Doix lès Fontaines | 85 | 416 km W | 1,779 | 39 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-André-de-Seignanx | 40 | 530 km SW | 1,945 | 36.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 % |
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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-Romain-de-Popey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnac-la-Côte | 87 | 251 km W | 1,631 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Fortunade | 19 | 226 km W | 1,798 | 27.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Paslières | 63 | 81 km W | 1,491 | 29.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-de-la-Tour | 38 | 78 km E | 1,992 | 44.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Polignac | 43 | 101 km SW | 2,819 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Copponex | 74 | 121 km E | 1,340 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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