Chambœuf

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42043

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 54.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chambœuf (INSEE 42043) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 1,767 (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/42043-chamboeuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 10,440 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUBERGE DU TERROIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES SAVEURS DE LA LOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA ROSE DES DELICES · GANG OF PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BOUDOIR DE BERGAMOTE). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL SORLIN, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DESGACHES, MÉDECIN · LUCIE MACLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (NATHALIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUBERGE DU TERROIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES SAVEURS DE LA LOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA ROSE DES DELICES · GANG OF PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BOUDOIR DE BERGAMOTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANTOINE MEILLAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MICHEL SORLIN, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DESGACHES, MÉDECIN · LUCIE MACLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - CHAMBOEUF	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	NATHALIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 445 2023: 1,767 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,551 (2012) → 1,767 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,100 (1990) → 1,767 (2023): 60.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 748, of which 1.3 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.8 km NWPharmacy — 1.2 km NW 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 (Chambœuf): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chambœuf): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chambœuf): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Galmier): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chambœuf): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON weather station, 4 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 429 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 4 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 4 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42222
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
Chonas-l'Amballan	38	40 km E	1,729	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin	72	418 km NW	2,256	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Rumegies	59	551 km N	1,722	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Bessines	79	382 km W	1,903	63.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Neuf-Brisach	68	365 km NE	1,895	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cagny	80	499 km N	1,191	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chonas-l'Amballan	38	40 km E	1,729	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Neuf-Brisach	68	365 km NE	1,895	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bessines	79	382 km W	1,903	63.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin	72	418 km NW	2,256	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny	80	499 km N	1,191	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Rumegies	59	551 km N	1,722	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chambœuf'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
Neuf-Brisach	68	365 km NE	1,895	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ménétrol	63	99 km W	1,640	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ahuy	21	207 km N	1,718	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Consorce	69	36 km NE	2,154	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pollionnay	69	34 km NE	2,958	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres	10	303 km N	3,223	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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