Commelle-Vernay

Loire · CA Roannais Agglomération · INSEE 42069

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Commelle-Vernay (INSEE 42069) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 3,050 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42069-commelle-vernay

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 7,030 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.37	20	7.49
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.5	10	4.99
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.56	10	5.62
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU GRE DES VENTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU BELVEDERE · AUBERGE DE LA VIEILLE CASTILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT COMM'ELLE). ^[4]

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

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RAPHAËL BERNARD, MÉDECIN · RÉMY POIRSON, MÉDECIN · VINCENT CUEILLE, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE MOTTET, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE OJARDIAS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE COMMELLE VERNAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - COMMELLE-VERNAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS + DEPART CIRCUIT DE RANDONNEE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UN INSTANT POUR SOI). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU GRE DES VENTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	AUBERGE DU BELVEDERE · AUBERGE DE LA VIEILLE CASTILLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT COMM'ELLE	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)	6	RAPHAËL BERNARD, MÉDECIN · RÉMY POIRSON, MÉDECIN · VINCENT CUEILLE, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE MOTTET, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE OJARDIAS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE COMMELLE VERNAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE - COMMELLE-VERNAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS + DEPART CIRCUIT DE RANDONNEE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	UN INSTANT POUR SOI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 912 2023: 3,050 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,802 (2012) → 3,050 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,872 (1990) → 3,050 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,299, of which 1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Commelle-Vernay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Commelle-Vernay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Commelle-Vernay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Commelle-Vernay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Commelle-Vernay): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.9

Days at or below 0 °C 64.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PERREUX weather station, 5.1 km away at 297 m; the village itself is at 340 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PERREUX, 5.1 km away at 297 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

An average of 715 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-SUR-LOIRE, 5 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42069/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/bd164267-3c2f-3bac-adec-da0888cb7947— “Marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42069/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42069/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42069/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42069
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
Pulversheim	68	320 km NE	3,069	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Spicheren	57	416 km NE	3,143	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bertrange	57	401 km NE	2,941	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Fontoy	57	400 km N	3,184	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Fleurbaix	62	525 km N	2,947	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Pommeuse	77	323 km N	3,049	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pulversheim	68	320 km NE	3,069	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pommeuse	77	323 km N	3,049	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Fontoy	57	400 km N	3,184	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Bertrange	57	401 km NE	2,941	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Spicheren	57	416 km NE	3,143	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fleurbaix	62	525 km N	2,947	52.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %

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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 Commelle-Vernay'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
Pulversheim	68	320 km NE	3,069	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ménétrol	63	74 km W	1,640	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Corquilleroy	45	250 km NW	2,891	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ségny	01	159 km E	2,941	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vals-près-le-Puy	43	109 km S	3,395	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Olemps	12	219 km SW	3,559	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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