Cervières
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cervières (INSEE 42034) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 103 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42034-cervieres
Vitality score
Vitality score 7.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 12 % of the 10,844 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 | 0.51 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.32 | 5 | 1.6 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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 115 (2012) → 103 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 102 (1990) → 103 (2023): 1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 34 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Les Salles): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Noirétable): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Noirétable): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Chabreloche): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Les Salles): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-JUST-EN-CHEV weather station, 8.8 km away at 612 m; the village itself is at 843 m. [11]
The village sits 231 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 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-JUST-EN-CHEV, 8.8 km away at 612 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 231 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 1,202 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at NOIRETABLE, 4 km away at 714 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42034/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42034/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42034/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42034/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42295
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42159
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63072
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolozon | 01 | 137 km E | 103 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cossesseville | 14 | 463 km NW | 103 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
| Taillet | 66 | 380 km S | 105 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Germain-Lavolps | 19 | 124 km W | 102 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouge | 70 | 262 km NE | 106 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 % |
| Buoux | 84 | 258 km SE | 104 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-Lavolps | 19 | 124 km W | 102 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bolozon | 01 | 137 km E | 103 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Buoux | 84 | 258 km SE | 104 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouge | 70 | 262 km NE | 106 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 % |
| Taillet | 66 | 380 km S | 105 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Cossesseville | 14 | 463 km NW | 103 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 Cervières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sauveur-la-Sagne | 63 | 51 km S | 82 | 4.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laveyrune | 07 | 136 km S | 111 | 6.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ferrussac | 43 | 89 km S | 77 | 3.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Collandres | 15 | 110 km SW | 155 | 2.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bérain | 43 | 91 km S | 95 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Connangles | 43 | 62 km S | 131 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42034-cervieres