Bussières

Identity

Bussières (INSEE 42029) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 1,540 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

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

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42029-bussieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 11,431 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) (MONSIEUR TARTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUX MILLE ET UNE SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES PEYRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BUSSIERES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - BUSSIÈRES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · SALON D'AMBRE). ^[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, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,577 (2012) → 1,540 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,332 (1990) → 1,540 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 834, of which 7 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bussières): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Néronde): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Bussières): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bussières): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bussières): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROZIER-EN-DONZY weather station, 3.8 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 601 m. ^[11]

The village sits 71 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 3.8 km away at 530 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 71 m below 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 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUSSIERES, 2.7 km away at 514 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 — 42029/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/7a4a5025-4de9-36e4-a08e-aa5cb1d67486— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42029/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42029/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42029/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42029
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42154
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024