Chavanay

Loire · CC du Pilat Rhodanien · INSEE 42056

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

Served 72.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chavanay (INSEE 42056) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pilat Rhodanien. Population 2,884 (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/42056-chavanay

Vitality score

Vitality score 72.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 7,347 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.97	20	19.46
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.89	10	8.93
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EMILYS CAKES · LE FOURNIL DE D&G). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE VITTOZ CHARCUTERIE-TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (SODALI · NETTO). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (MC DONALD'S · BISTROT DE LA GARE · ASIAN CORNER). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT · LE CHANSON · LA VERAISON). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE AGATHE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE CHOMEL, MÉDECIN · RAYNALD LEBRUN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BRUNOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (PÔLE CULTUREL - CHAVANAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES PRAIRIES). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (SARL ZIG-ZAG · ISA ART ET COIFFURE · SANDRINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · C'LEA · O'BARBER). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	EMILYS CAKES · LE FOURNIL DE D&G	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE VITTOZ CHARCUTERIE-TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	FERZER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SODALI · NETTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	MC DONALD'S · BISTROT DE LA GARE · ASIAN CORNER	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	LE BISTROT · LE CHANSON · LA VERAISON	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOURG · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE AGATHE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURENCE CHOMEL, MÉDECIN · RAYNALD LEBRUN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BRUNOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	PÔLE CULTUREL - CHAVANAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES PRAIRIES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	SARL ZIG-ZAG · ISA ART ET COIFFURE · SANDRINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE · C'LEA · O'BARBER	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,710 peak 2017: 2,885 2023: 2,884 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,842 (2012) → 2,884 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,071 (1990) → 2,884 (2023): 39.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,475, of which 3.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km NE 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 (Chavanay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chavanay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Chavanay): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chavanay): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.8

Days at or below 0 °C 38.6

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST PIERRE DE BO weather station, 4 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BESSEY, 4.5 km away at 425 m, over 26 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 264 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 760 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHAVANAY, 1.3 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42056
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
Balbigny	42	62 km NW	2,911	72.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Brévelay	56	630 km NW	2,869	63.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Plouvorn	29	752 km NW	2,916	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Taulé	29	744 km NW	2,914	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Candé	49	502 km NW	2,801	63.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 97 %
Ibos	65	448 km SW	2,813	67.6	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Balbigny	42	62 km NW	2,911	72.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ibos	65	448 km SW	2,813	67.6	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Candé	49	502 km NW	2,801	63.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Jean-Brévelay	56	630 km NW	2,869	63.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Taulé	29	744 km NW	2,914	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Plouvorn	29	752 km NW	2,916	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · 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 Chavanay'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-Médard-de-Guizières	33	378 km W	2,438	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Céré	46	231 km W	3,429	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cruas	07	84 km S	2,898	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mézériat	01	94 km N	2,172	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle	33	373 km W	3,167	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Montélier	26	58 km SE	4,323	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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