Châtelneuf

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42054

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châtelneuf (INSEE 42054) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 354 (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/42054-chatelneuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 18,050 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.98	10	9.75
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O MAELO). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - CHÂTELNEUF). ^[3]

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. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	O MAELO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - CHÂTELNEUF	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	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: 209 2023: 354 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 354 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 240 (1990) → 354 (2023): 47.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 160, of which 1.3 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km SEGP — 2.8 km SEFood shop — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 6.4 km SE 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 (Essertines-en-Châtelneuf): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Essertines-en-Châtelneuf): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montbrison): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Châtelneuf): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.7

Days at or below 0 °C 87.1

Muggy days a summer 2.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VERRIERES EN FO weather station, 7.5 km away at 770 m; the village itself is at 847 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHALMAZEL, 12.5 km away at 855 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST GEORGES EN C, 7.4 km away at 496 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42054
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
Mouais	44	486 km NW	352	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 32 %
Quintenic	22	581 km NW	363	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille	33	333 km W	382	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 %
Combre	42	48 km NE	411	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Lempty	63	55 km NW	417	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thieulin	28	376 km NW	423	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Combre	42	48 km NE	411	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Lempty	63	55 km NW	417	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille	33	333 km W	382	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 %
Le Thieulin	28	376 km NW	423	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Mouais	44	486 km NW	352	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 32 %
Quintenic	22	581 km NW	363	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Châtelneuf'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
Clémery	54	398 km NE	491	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Esnouveaux	52	296 km N	301	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Arraye-et-Han	54	396 km NE	370	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Glay	25	297 km NE	339	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Abaucourt	54	401 km NE	330	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Nancy-sur-Cluses	74	206 km E	463	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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