Chambéon

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42041

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

Partly served 45/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chambéon (INSEE 42041) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 665 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42041-chambeon

Vitality score

Vitality score 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 16,657 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ SAMUEL ET VIOLAINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DU PLAN D'EAU). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	CHEZ SAMUEL ET VIOLAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AUBERGE DU PLAN D'EAU	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 357 2023: 665 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 504 (2012) → 665 (2023): 31.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 665 (2023): 84.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 3.5 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km SWBakery — 5.5 km NEPharmacy — 5.8 km NEGP — 5.9 km NE 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 (Feurs): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Magneux-Haute-Rive): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Feurs): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Feurs): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chambéon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 70.1

Muggy days a summer 18.6▸

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FEURS - MAN weather station, 5.2 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 338 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 6.5 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FEURS - MAN, 5.2 km away at 332 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 — 42041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42041
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
Landavran	35	497 km NW	674	39.5	Few services	no figures
Le Bouchage	38	105 km E	655	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Goussonville	78	402 km NW	650	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Beaulieu	38	110 km SE	635	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
West-Cappel	59	595 km N	644	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %
Baneins	01	73 km NE	621	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baneins	01	73 km NE	621	39.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Le Bouchage	38	105 km E	655	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Beaulieu	38	110 km SE	635	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Goussonville	78	402 km NW	650	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Landavran	35	497 km NW	674	39.5	Few services	no figures
West-Cappel	59	595 km N	644	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Chambéon'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
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	3.0 km S	555	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche	42	2.9 km SE	573	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marclopt	42	4.6 km SE	552	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cleppé	42	8.2 km N	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Salt-en-Donzy	42	9.8 km NE	535	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Valeille	42	10 km E	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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