Changy

Loire · CA Roannais Agglomération · INSEE 42049

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Changy (INSEE 42049) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 690 (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/42049-changy

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,465 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.39
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE VOLT'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG	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	1	LE VOLT'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 653 2023: 690 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 605 (2012) → 690 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 606 (1990) → 690 (2023): 13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 6.1 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km WBakery — 4.1 km SFood shop — 4.2 km NWGP — 4.2 km SPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Ambierle): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Pacaudière): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambierle): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Pacaudière): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Changy): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 56.4

Muggy days a summer 14.7▸

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA PACAUDIERE weather station, 4.3 km away at 351 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-D'EST, 9.1 km away at 470 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 112 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA PACAUDIERE, 4.3 km away at 351 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 — 42049/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42049/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42049/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42049/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42049
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
Huchenneville	80	462 km N	679	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Lacrost	71	92 km NE	690	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Panossas	38	114 km SE	696	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 7 %
Juaye-Mondaye	14	483 km NW	703	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 7 %
Tamerville	50	549 km NW	691	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Kernouës	29	677 km NW	665	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lacrost	71	92 km NE	690	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Panossas	38	114 km SE	696	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 7 %
Huchenneville	80	462 km N	679	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Juaye-Mondaye	14	483 km NW	703	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 7 %
Tamerville	50	549 km NW	691	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Kernouës	29	677 km NW	665	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 28 % · 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 Changy'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
Saint-Georges-de-Baroille	42	37 km SE	460	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Neaux	42	30 km SE	485	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pinay	42	35 km SE	286	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jodard	42	34 km SE	393	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Chenereilles	42	75 km S	560	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes	42	61 km SE	1,096	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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