Genay

Rhône · Métropole de Lyon · INSEE 69278

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

Partly served 52.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Genay (INSEE 69278) is in Rhône (69), part of Métropole de Lyon. Population 5,585 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69278-genay

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 4,234 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	0.44	25	10.95
Social	0.56	20	11.16
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.89	10	8.86
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE GENAY · LA PANIERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BESSEAS · LA FERME DE COLLONGE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (STUDIO COMME J'AIME · GSA). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (PIZZA DU CEDRE · PIZZA'OLIO · CI2LG · FG). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LA PIBOLE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE J.YVES COUSTEAU). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YVAN ALLOCHON, MÉDECIN · MICHEL PINATEL, MÉDECIN · SAYBA KANOUTE, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS FOVET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE COMBES · PHARMACIE DES CHARMES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE ALPHONSE DAUDET). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE HENRI VICARD). ^[3]

2 × Bank (BUREAU 00682 · GENAY NEUVILLE S/S). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (KAISER JANICK · STYLE ET TENDANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (B&B HOTELS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE FOURNIL DE GENAY · LA PANIERE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	SARL BESSEAS · LA FERME DE COLLONGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	STUDIO COMME J'AIME · GSA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	9	PIZZA DU CEDRE · PIZZA'OLIO · CI2LG · FG	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LA PIBOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE J.YVES COUSTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	YVAN ALLOCHON, MÉDECIN · MICHEL PINATEL, MÉDECIN · SAYBA KANOUTE, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS FOVET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE COMBES · PHARMACIE DES CHARMES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE ALPHONSE DAUDET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE HENRI VICARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	BUREAU 00682 · GENAY NEUVILLE S/S	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	10	KAISER JANICK · STYLE ET TENDANCE	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	B&B HOTELS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,825 2023: 5,585 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,181 (2012) → 5,585 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 4,029 (1990) → 5,585 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,480, of which 0.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Genay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Genay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Genay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Genay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Genay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.6

Days at or below 0 °C 41.4

Muggy days a summer 7.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LIMONEST weather station, 9.1 km away at 365 m; the village itself is at 220 m. ^[10]

The village sits 145 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LUCENAY, 11.3 km away at 255 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 820 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LIMONEST, 9.1 km away at 365 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69278/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2018-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ec7b159c-0527-3525-af15-8ae8346c61cb— “Marché Alimentaire de Genay”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69278/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69278/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69278/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69278
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
Ternay	69	32 km S	5,596	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
L'Isle-d'Espagnac	16	361 km W	5,682	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Canéjan	33	448 km W	5,756	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Simiane-Collongue	13	278 km S	5,780	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Quincy-Voisins	77	365 km NW	5,547	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Reyrieux	01	4.4 km N	5,358	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Reyrieux	01	4.4 km N	5,358	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 62 %
Ternay	69	32 km S	5,596	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Simiane-Collongue	13	278 km S	5,780	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
L'Isle-d'Espagnac	16	361 km W	5,682	51.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Quincy-Voisins	77	365 km NW	5,547	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Canéjan	33	448 km W	5,756	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Genay'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
Ternay	69	32 km S	5,596	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bordères-sur-l'Échez	65	480 km SW	5,399	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charly	69	28 km S	4,811	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Fontanil-Cornillon	38	96 km SE	3,404	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chazay-d'Azergues	69	10 km W	4,410	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc	33	448 km W	7,769	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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