Châteauneuf

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42053

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

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châteauneuf (INSEE 42053) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 1,724 (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/42053-chateauneuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 10,591 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.76
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHUCK'N CHOC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SANDRINE CARDOT-BONNAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHUCK'N CHOC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SANDRINE CARDOT-BONNAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 776 2023: 1,724 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,518 (2012) → 1,724 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,351 (1990) → 1,724 (2023): 27.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 738, of which 2.2 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 0.7 km WBakery — 0.8 km SWFood shop — 0.9 km NPrimary school — 0.9 km NWPharmacy — 1.0 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 (Châteauneuf): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rive-de-Gier): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châteauneuf): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rive-de-Gier): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rive-de-Gier): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.5

Days at or below 0 °C 32

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CELLIEU weather station, 6.9 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 254 m. ^[10]

The village sits 239 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CELLIEU, 6.9 km away at 493 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 239 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 733 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 1 km away at 277 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 — 42053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42186
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
Vourey	38	73 km E	1,688	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Écalles	76	526 km NW	1,698	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Pierrevillers	57	427 km N	1,443	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Sourcieux-les-Mines	69	32 km N	2,100	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Méry	73	103 km E	2,150	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Magny-Vernois	70	278 km NE	1,372	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sourcieux-les-Mines	69	32 km N	2,100	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Vourey	38	73 km E	1,688	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Méry	73	103 km E	2,150	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Magny-Vernois	70	278 km NE	1,372	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Pierrevillers	57	427 km N	1,443	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Villers-Écalles	76	526 km NW	1,698	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Châteauneuf'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
Beauvallon	26	77 km S	1,659	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Auberives-sur-Varèze	38	19 km SE	1,501	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Deyme	31	335 km SW	1,468	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chonas-l'Amballan	38	16 km SE	1,729	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pechbusque	31	335 km SW	975	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas	31	321 km SW	2,334	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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