Le Chambon-Feugerolles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Chambon-Feugerolles (INSEE 42044) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 12,314 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 46.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 9 % of the 1,983 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 | 0.27 | 25 | 6.82 |
| Social | 0.8 | 20 | 16.03 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.35 | 10 | 3.53 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.27 | 10 | 2.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI D'OR · LE MOULIN DE SOLTANE · DELICE DE CHAMBON). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ETABLISSEMENT BRUN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ SIANA). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
14 × Restaurant (SARL RISTORANTE MARSALETTA · LA VAGUE VERTE · PASTA PLAZZA · RIPAILLES). [3,4]
12 × Café / bar (LES AMIS REUNIS · CAFE DES SPORTS · LE LONGCHAMP · LE BRAZZA · LES CEVENNES). [4]
4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ZOLA PASTEUR · E.M.PU VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JAURES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PAUZIERE). [3]
6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (E.E.PU VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JAURES-ROUSSEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ZOLA PASTEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LAMARTINE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE MASSENET FOURNEYRON · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME CHAMBON, MÉDECIN · LATIFA HADDOUCH-BENCHABANE, MÉDECIN · MARIE-PAULE VINCENT, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS BERNE, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE REPUBLIQUE · PHARMACIE DE GAFFARD · GRANDE PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - LE CHAMBON-FEUGEROLLES). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE GUY ET ALAIN · GYMNASE DE PONTCHARRA). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (DIDIER RENAUT COIFFURE · SARL COTIGNET · ADMIRA'TIF · METAMORPHOSE COIFFURE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 9 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | L'EPI D'OR · LE MOULIN DE SOLTANE · DELICE DE CHAMBON | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | ETABLISSEMENT BRUN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ SIANA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MARKET | 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 | 14 | SARL RISTORANTE MARSALETTA · LA VAGUE VERTE · PASTA PLAZZA · RIPAILLES | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 12 | LES AMIS REUNIS · CAFE DES SPORTS · LE LONGCHAMP · LE BRAZZA · LES CEVENNES | INSEE SIRENE 12 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 4 | ECOLE MATERNELLE ZOLA PASTEUR · E.M.PU VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JAURES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PAUZIERE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 6 | E.E.PU VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JAURES-ROUSSEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ZOLA PASTEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LAMARTINE | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE MASSENET FOURNEYRON · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | GUILLAUME CHAMBON, MÉDECIN · LATIFA HADDOUCH-BENCHABANE, MÉDECIN · MARIE-PAULE VINCENT, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS BERNE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE REPUBLIQUE · PHARMACIE DE GAFFARD · GRANDE PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - LE CHAMBON-FEUGEROLLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE GUY ET ALAIN · GYMNASE DE PONTCHARRA | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | DIDIER RENAUT COIFFURE · SARL COTIGNET · ADMIRA'TIF · METAMORPHOSE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 12,347 (2012) → 12,314 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 16,070 (1990) → 12,314 (2023): -23.4 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,859, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Chambon-Feugerolles): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Le Chambon-Feugerolles): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Le Chambon-Feugerolles): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Le Chambon-Feugerolles): 0 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Chambon-Feugerolles): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [11]
Measured at the FIRMINY weather station, 3.5 km away at 515 m; the village itself is at 499 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FIRMINY, 3.5 km away at 515 m, over 13 summers. [11]
An average of 790 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FIRMINY, 3.5 km away at 515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42044/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/455cb9f8-3fee-33e8-8998-ae3163187994— “Marché de produits manufacturés”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2e63be6a-be26-3ce5-b1f6-6c982eb3bfee— “Marché alimentaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42044/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42044/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42044/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42044
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernouillet | 28 | 433 km NW | 12,310 | 55.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence | 60 | 453 km N | 12,361 | 56.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-du-Château | 63 | 95 km NW | 12,412 | 54.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brignais | 69 | 46 km NE | 12,503 | 59.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 % |
| Gisors | 27 | 472 km NW | 12,410 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 % |
| Bischwiller | 67 | 461 km NE | 12,242 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignais | 69 | 46 km NE | 12,503 | 59.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 % |
| Pont-du-Château | 63 | 95 km NW | 12,412 | 54.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vernouillet | 28 | 433 km NW | 12,310 | 55.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence | 60 | 453 km N | 12,361 | 56.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bischwiller | 67 | 461 km NE | 12,242 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gisors | 27 | 472 km NW | 12,410 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 % |
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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 Le Chambon-Feugerolles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yzeure | 03 | 150 km NW | 12,897 | 47.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne | 77 | 350 km N | 12,810 | 57.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Autun | 71 | 173 km N | 13,172 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 21 | 221 km N | 11,108 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Avon | 77 | 356 km N | 13,651 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guebwiller | 68 | 356 km NE | 11,243 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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