Ailleux
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ailleux (INSEE 42002) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 175 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 13/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 31 % of the 15,200 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.6 | 5 | 3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 148 (2012) → 175 (2023): 18.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 134 (1990) → 175 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 20 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sail-sous-Couzan): 6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Martin-la-Sauveté): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Laval): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Sixte): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST GERMAIN LAVA weather station, 6.7 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 671 m. [12]
The village sits 236 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 BOEN SUR LIGNON, 7.1 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 223 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST GERMAIN LAVA, 6.7 km away at 435 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42002/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42002/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42002/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42002/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42195
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42260
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42230
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42288
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soucia | 39 | 161 km NE | 175 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pandrignes | 19 | 175 km W | 172 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet | 46 | 230 km SW | 172 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brézilhac | 11 | 328 km SW | 172 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 20 % · humidity 14 % |
| Lasserrade | 32 | 391 km SW | 177 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 % |
| Vescles | 39 | 143 km NE | 181 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vescles | 39 | 143 km NE | 181 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soucia | 39 | 161 km NE | 175 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pandrignes | 19 | 175 km W | 172 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet | 46 | 230 km SW | 172 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brézilhac | 11 | 328 km SW | 172 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 20 % · humidity 14 % |
| Lasserrade | 32 | 391 km SW | 177 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Ailleux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vescles | 39 | 143 km NE | 181 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Cellette | 63 | 100 km W | 169 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Leyssard | 01 | 125 km E | 164 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maligny | 21 | 149 km N | 171 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loddes | 03 | 56 km N | 166 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf | 23 | 133 km W | 189 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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