Civens

Identity

Civens (INSEE 42065) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 1,468 (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/42065-civens

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 11,800 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE GOUT DE L'AUTHENTIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZA GILLOUX · NAVISTA · SAS PH DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA DEMARRANTE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GLADIE VITTOZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BRUNO FLAUJAC). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 1,373 (2012) → 1,468 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,007 (1990) → 1,468 (2023): 45.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 680, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Civens): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Civens): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Civens): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Feurs): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Civens): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROZIER-EN-DONZY weather station, 3.3 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 393 m. ^[11]

The village sits 137 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 3.3 km away at 530 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 137 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 3.3 km away at 530 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42065/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5cb08b5a-e240-3898-88ac-87372db6b510— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42065/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42065/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42065/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42065
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42094
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024