Combre
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Combre (INSEE 42068) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 411 (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 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 76 % of the 17,971 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 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - COMBRE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
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 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 | 1 | 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 - COMBRE | 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] | |
| 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 434 (2012) → 411 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 267 (1990) → 411 (2023): 53.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Thizy-les-Bourgs): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Thizy-les-Bourgs): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Thizy-les-Bourgs): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Combre): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FOURNEAUX weather station, 9.4 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 468 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PERREUX, 11.8 km away at 297 m, over 16 summers. [11]
That station sits 171 m below 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 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MONTAGNY, 3.3 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42068/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42068/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42068/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42068/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42293
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69248
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42068
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempty | 63 | 75 km W | 417 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Thieulin | 28 | 355 km NW | 423 | 33.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Fray | 72 | 392 km NW | 421 | 31.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille | 33 | 369 km SW | 382 | 31.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
| Encausse | 32 | 363 km SW | 445 | 34 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 % |
| Colombier | 70 | 235 km NE | 434 | 29.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempty | 63 | 75 km W | 417 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Colombier | 70 | 235 km NE | 434 | 29.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Thieulin | 28 | 355 km NW | 423 | 33.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Encausse | 32 | 363 km SW | 445 | 34 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille | 33 | 369 km SW | 382 | 31.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Fray | 72 | 392 km NW | 421 | 31.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 % |
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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 Combre'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempty | 63 | 75 km W | 417 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Unias | 42 | 47 km S | 469 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Didier-la-Forêt | 03 | 74 km W | 399 | 21.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pluvet | 21 | 152 km NE | 432 | 26.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-sur-Loire | 58 | 121 km NW | 475 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Loriges | 03 | 76 km W | 350 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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