Charlieu
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 69.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Charlieu (INSEE 42052) is in Loire (42), part of CC Charlieu-Belmont. Population 3,766 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42052-charlieu
Vitality score
Vitality score 69.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 5,923 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 | 0.71 | 25 | 17.74 |
| Social | 0.97 | 20 | 19.38 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.74 | 10 | 7.39 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.28 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PRALUS · SARL DELORME · BOULANGERIE DUCARRE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL ST PHILIBERT · TRAITEUR MILLET · MAISON DEL NEGRO · LE REGAL DES GOURMETS). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PETIT CASINO · TERROIRS ET SENS · VIVAL · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (ALDI). [3,4]
15 × Restaurant (LA MONTALAY · LE GUETTEUR · PIZZA FREDO · RESTAURANT LE SORNIN · LA P'TITE FAMILLE). [3,4]
13 × Café / bar (CAFE CULTUREL LA BOULANGERIE · LE BLACK BIRD PUB · LE CHARLIENDIN · LE SAINT PHILIBERT · LA TAVERNE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BLANCHE ROULLIER · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE MICHEL SERVET · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME). [3]
12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE BRICE PIERSON, MÉDECIN · ANDREA SMOLKOVA, MÉDECIN · ÉLODIE BERRAUD, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE GAY, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE BILGORAJSKI, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MUTUALISTE · PHARMACIE SAINT PHILIBERT · SELARL PHARMACIE SALANON). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE - CHARLIEU). [3]
1 × Cinema (LES HALLES). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE JO GIRGANTI · GYMNASE DE LA BOUVERIE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET NAUTIQUE JO DESSERTINE). [3]
7 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHARLIEU · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES · BNP PARIBAS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU SUD-EST). [3]
16 × Hairdresser (CAFE COIFFURE · MILL'COUPE · PROTHERY RAPHAELLE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RELAIS DE L'ABBAYE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE CHARLIEU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Fishmonger, 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 8 | PRALUS · SARL DELORME · BOULANGERIE DUCARRE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | SARL ST PHILIBERT · TRAITEUR MILLET · MAISON DEL NEGRO · LE REGAL DES GOURMETS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | PETIT CASINO · TERROIRS ET SENS · VIVAL · INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | ALDI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Restaurant | 15 | LA MONTALAY · LE GUETTEUR · PIZZA FREDO · RESTAURANT LE SORNIN · LA P'TITE FAMILLE | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 13 | CAFE CULTUREL LA BOULANGERIE · LE BLACK BIRD PUB · LE CHARLIENDIN · LE SAINT PHILIBERT · LA TAVERNE | INSEE SIRENE 13 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE BLANCHE ROULLIER · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE MICHEL SERVET · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 12 | SYLVIE BRICE PIERSON, MÉDECIN · ANDREA SMOLKOVA, MÉDECIN · ÉLODIE BERRAUD, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE GAY, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE BILGORAJSKI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 12 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE MUTUALISTE · PHARMACIE SAINT PHILIBERT · SELARL PHARMACIE SALANON | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | MEDIATHEQUE INTERCOMMUNALE - CHARLIEU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LES HALLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE JO GIRGANTI · GYMNASE DE LA BOUVERIE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF ET NAUTIQUE JO DESSERTINE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 7 | CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHARLIEU · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES · BNP PARIBAS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU SUD-EST | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 16 | CAFE COIFFURE · MILL'COUPE · PROTHERY RAPHAELLE | INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL RELAIS DE L'ABBAYE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE CHARLIEU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Wednesday, Saturday boulevard Jacquard. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 3,705 (2012) → 3,766 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 3,727 (1990) → 3,766 (2023): 1 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,455, of which 7.2 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Charlieu): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Charlieu): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Charlieu): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Charlieu): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Charlieu): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHARLIEU weather station, 0.6 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 274 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CHARLIEU, 0.6 km away at 278 m, over 10 summers. [11]
An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHARLIEU, 0.6 km away at 278 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 — 42052/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-charlieu.fr/marches/— “Les marchés du mercredi et du samedi matin se tiennent sur le boulevard Jacquard”
- DATAtourisme 2023-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a8f191e2-f79c-3db8-89d0-8c46c912a360— “Tous les mercredis sur le boulevard Jacquard et samedis matin sur le boulevard Jacquard et la Place Saint-Philibert.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42052/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42052/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42052/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42052
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtenay | 45 | 225 km N | 3,772 | 51.5 | Partly served | no figures |
| Pélussin | 42 | 92 km SE | 3,727 | 54.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 88 | 263 km NE | 3,885 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 % |
| Clamecy | 58 | 153 km N | 3,544 | 53.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mihiel | 55 | 320 km N | 3,772 | 57.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pipriac | 35 | 499 km NW | 3,859 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pélussin | 42 | 92 km SE | 3,727 | 54.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clamecy | 58 | 153 km N | 3,544 | 53.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courtenay | 45 | 225 km N | 3,772 | 51.5 | Partly served | no figures |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 88 | 263 km NE | 3,885 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 % |
| Saint-Mihiel | 55 | 320 km N | 3,772 | 57.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pipriac | 35 | 499 km NW | 3,859 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · 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 Charlieu'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-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 38 | 129 km SE | 3,425 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Doussard | 74 | 164 km E | 3,751 | 52.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cluny | 71 | 48 km NE | 4,942 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marvejols | 48 | 192 km S | 4,764 | 55.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 38 | 120 km SE | 4,873 | 68 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montholon | 89 | 201 km N | 2,709 | 55.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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