Caloire

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42031

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caloire (INSEE 42031) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 330 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 18,033 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.95	10	9.54
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN · LA PAUSE CHEZ LILY COOK). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES 4 CHEMINS). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	LE MOULIN · LA PAUSE CHEZ LILY COOK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES 4 CHEMINS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 108 peak 2012: 347 2023: 330 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 347 (2012) → 330 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 330 (2023): 45.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 12.2 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.6 km SEPrimary school — 1.9 km SEPharmacy — 2.1 km SEBakery — 2.3 km SEGP — 2.8 km SE 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 (Unieux): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Unieux): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Unieux): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Unieux): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Unieux): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 69.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FIRMINY weather station, 5.8 km away at 515 m; the village itself is at 536 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at FIRMINY, 5.8 km away at 515 m, over 13 summers. ^[9]

An average of 790 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FIRMINY, 5.8 km away at 515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42316
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
Chenillé-Champteussé	49	450 km NW	336	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 45 %
Doville	50	615 km NW	321	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 30 %
Courgeon	61	438 km NW	350	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Gouillons	28	373 km NW	335	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-de-Mailloc	14	505 km NW	296	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Cambes	46	202 km SW	343	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cambes	46	202 km SW	343	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Gouillons	28	373 km NW	335	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Courgeon	61	438 km NW	350	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Chenillé-Champteussé	49	450 km NW	336	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Denis-de-Mailloc	14	505 km NW	296	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 62 %
Doville	50	615 km NW	321	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 30 %

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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 Caloire'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
Poiseux	58	205 km N	331	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bossieu	38	71 km E	326	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Châtenay	38	78 km E	433	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Maizilly	42	84 km N	317	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Auvillars-sur-Saône	21	194 km N	343	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champagne-sur-Vingeanne	21	242 km N	311	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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