Champdieu

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42046

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

Served 60.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champdieu (INSEE 42046) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 2,064 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42046-champdieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 9,401 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU CHAUD FOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (P.S.C. BESSAY ROBERT). ^[3]

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

2 × Restaurant (CHUCK NOURRIS STREET FOOD RANGER). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (AU TEMPS PERDU · LM BAR). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDINE BLANCHARD ROBERT, MÉDECIN · JULIEN GROS, MÉDECIN · PAULINE CHATAING, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (GRANDE PHARMACIE DE CHAMPDIEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - CHAMPDIEU). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (STUDIO COIFFURE DELPHINE CHARBONNIE · TWO STYL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU CHAUD FOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	P.S.C. BESSAY ROBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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	CHUCK NOURRIS STREET FOOD RANGER	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	AU TEMPS PERDU · LM BAR	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CLAUDINE BLANCHARD ROBERT, MÉDECIN · JULIEN GROS, MÉDECIN · PAULINE CHATAING, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	GRANDE PHARMACIE DE CHAMPDIEU	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	MÉDIATHÈQUE - CHAMPDIEU	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	4	STUDIO COIFFURE DELPHINE CHARBONNIE · TWO STYL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 858 2023: 2,064 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,751 (2012) → 2,064 (2023): 17.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,355 (1990) → 2,064 (2023): 52.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,005, of which 3.1 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.5 km SPharmacy — 3.9 km S 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 (Champdieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champdieu): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Champdieu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montbrison): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Champdieu): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 82.1

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAVIGNEUX weather station, 3.4 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 402 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 12.7 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNEUX, 3.4 km away at 370 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 — 42046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42147
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
La Sauve	33	355 km W	1,589	58.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
La Bâtie-Montgascon	38	116 km E	2,035	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis	17	387 km W	2,026	60.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 28 %
Bonneuil-Matours	86	291 km NW	2,081	59.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Bellegarde-en-Forez	42	20 km E	2,019	52.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset	69	34 km E	2,017	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellegarde-en-Forez	42	20 km E	2,019	52.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset	69	34 km E	2,017	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Bâtie-Montgascon	38	116 km E	2,035	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bonneuil-Matours	86	291 km NW	2,081	59.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Sauve	33	355 km W	1,589	58.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis	17	387 km W	2,026	60.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 28 %

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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 Champdieu'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
La Bâtie-Montgascon	38	116 km E	2,035	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset	69	34 km E	2,017	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bessenay	69	42 km E	2,331	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu	38	105 km E	2,148	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Trept	38	99 km E	2,095	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Blavozy	43	66 km S	1,724	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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