Valsonne

Identity

Valsonne (INSEE 69254) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 1,005 (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/69254-valsonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 14,301 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DES ECUREUILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ECUREUIL GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (COMPTOIR D 313). ^[4]

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

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (CORINNE COIFFURE · C'DANS L'HAIR · COIFFER D ENVIE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 889 (2012) → 1,005 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 600 (1990) → 1,005 (2023): 67.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 487, of which 6.8 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

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

Food shop (Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tarare): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tarare): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valsonne): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES SAUVAGES weather station, 3.8 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 476 m. ^[11]

The village sits 355 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES SAUVAGES, 3.8 km away at 831 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 355 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 982 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-APPOLINAIRE, 3.4 km away at 700 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 — 69254/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69254/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69254/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69254/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69254
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69188
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69243
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024