Chagnon

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42036

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chagnon (INSEE 42036) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 527 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42036-chagnon

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,659 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES ROCHES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES ROCHES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 253 2023: 527 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 497 (2012) → 527 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 527 (2023): 68.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SWGP — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 3.2 km SEBakery — 3.3 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 (Lorette): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cellieu): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Genilac): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lorette): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chagnon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.8

Days at or below 0 °C 37.6

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CELLIEU weather station, 1.2 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 365 m. ^[12]

The village sits 128 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CELLIEU, 1.2 km away at 493 m, over 24 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 128 m above 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 666 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CELLIEU, 1.2 km away at 493 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 — 42036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42225
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42036
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
Boussières-sur-Sambre	59	525 km N	522	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vesancy	01	149 km NE	520	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 1 % · humidity 79 %
Noisy-sur-Oise	95	434 km N	549	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Giraumont	60	457 km N	518	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Dernancourt	80	514 km N	517	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Abbécourt	02	463 km N	518	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vesancy	01	149 km NE	520	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 1 % · humidity 79 %
Noisy-sur-Oise	95	434 km N	549	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Giraumont	60	457 km N	518	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Abbécourt	02	463 km N	518	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Dernancourt	80	514 km N	517	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Boussières-sur-Sambre	59	525 km N	522	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Chagnon'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
Bonnard	89	278 km N	909	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dargoire	42	9.3 km E	524	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzieys-Teulet	81	258 km SW	467	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Planioles	46	222 km SW	554	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chozeau	38	54 km E	987	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Triac-Lautrait	16	364 km W	462	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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