Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chazelles-sur-Lavieu (INSEE 42058) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 261 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 17,386 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.28 | 5 | 1.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX 6 LEVAINS). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 1 | AUX 6 LEVAINS | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 | 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
Population 268 (2012) → 261 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 156 (1990) → 261 (2023): 67.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 36 % second homes and 2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chazelles-sur-Lavieu): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Verrières-en-Forez): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Soleymieux): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Anthème): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Gumières): 1.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the VERRIERES EN FO weather station, 3.6 km away at 770 m; the village itself is at 903 m. [13]
The village sits 133 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 12.8 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. [13]
That station sits 81 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at VERRIERES EN FO, 3.6 km away at 770 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42058/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42058/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42058/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42058/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42058
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42328
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42301
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63319
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42107
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeperrot | 89 | 308 km N | 282 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 % |
| Selles | 70 | 313 km NE | 224 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
| Soligny-les-Étangs | 10 | 321 km N | 262 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 % |
| Neuvy | 51 | 359 km N | 274 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Chapelle-aux-Saints | 19 | 190 km W | 257 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Guerche | 37 | 293 km NW | 174 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 20 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-aux-Saints | 19 | 190 km W | 257 | 20.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Guerche | 37 | 293 km NW | 174 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 20 % · humidity 71 % |
| Villeperrot | 89 | 308 km N | 282 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 % |
| Selles | 70 | 313 km NE | 224 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 % |
| Soligny-les-Étangs | 10 | 321 km N | 262 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 % |
| Neuvy | 51 | 359 km N | 274 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Chazelles-sur-Lavieu'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-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte | 42 | 19 km S | 340 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Merle-Leignec | 42 | 18 km S | 324 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gumières | 42 | 1.4 km SW | 325 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Apinac | 42 | 18 km S | 437 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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