Chenereilles

Identity

Chenereilles (INSEE 42060) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 560 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42060-chenereilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,448 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BROUILLET FRANK). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'EUPHRASIE RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB CHENES DE BEYLIEU). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 499 (2012) → 560 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 264 (1990) → 560 (2023): 112.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 16.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-Soleymieux): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chenereilles): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Soleymieux): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Chenereilles): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC weather station, 5.4 km away at 822 m; the village itself is at 671 m. ^[13]

The village sits 151 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 5.4 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 151 m above 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 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 5.4 km away at 822 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42060/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2025-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ccb53d96-74b2-35b7-b440-8ad187be8770— “Le petit marché de Chenereilles s'installe chaque mercredi matin et réunit trois forains qui proposent du fromage, de la viande et des légumes.”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42060/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42060/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42060/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42240
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42060
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42301
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42204
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024