Taponas
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Taponas (INSEE 69242) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Saône-Beaujolais. Population 914 (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/69242-taponas
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 14,880 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.82 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]
1 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-BAPTISTE SAINT GENIS). [3]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-BAPTISTE SAINT GENIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 930 (2012) → 914 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 466 (1990) → 914 (2023): 96.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 393, of which 1.8 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Belleville-en-Beaujolais): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Guéreins): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Belleville-en-Beaujolais): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Belleville-en-Beaujolais): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Taponas): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-JEAN-D ARDIE weather station, 5.1 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 175 m. [11]
The village sits 65 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 7 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-JEAN-D ARDIE, 5.1 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. [11]
That station sits 65 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 820 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-D ARDIE, 5.1 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69242/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69242/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69242/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69242/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69019
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 01183
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69242
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faramans | 01 | 37 km SE | 934 | 42.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
| Uzos | 64 | 514 km SW | 874 | 39.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Genté | 16 | 397 km W | 924 | 33.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourthes | 62 | 541 km N | 860 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 % |
| Louresse-Rochemenier | 49 | 407 km W | 896 | 41 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 % |
| Guerting | 57 | 368 km N | 866 | 34.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faramans | 01 | 37 km SE | 934 | 42.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
| Guerting | 57 | 368 km N | 866 | 34.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 % |
| Genté | 16 | 397 km W | 924 | 33.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louresse-Rochemenier | 49 | 407 km W | 896 | 41 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 % |
| Uzos | 64 | 514 km SW | 874 | 39.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bourthes | 62 | 541 km N | 860 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Taponas'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genté | 16 | 397 km W | 924 | 33.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Corronsac | 31 | 392 km SW | 901 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martial-d'Artenset | 24 | 376 km W | 943 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontet | 33 | 413 km SW | 746 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chassors | 16 | 387 km W | 1,123 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brach | 33 | 460 km W | 906 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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