Cottance

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42073

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Partly served 48.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cottance (INSEE 42073) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 755 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42073-cottance

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,015 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	0.92	20	18.46
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GRAINE O PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES POELONS DE NAN / PEAU D'ANNE · AUBERGE DE LA VALETTE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COTTANCE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE - COTTANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA GRAINE O PAIN	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	2	LES POELONS DE NAN / PEAU D'ANNE · AUBERGE DE LA VALETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	4		INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	1	COTTANCE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE - COTTANCE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 668 2023: 755 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 672 (2012) → 755 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 487 (1990) → 755 (2023): 55 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 402, of which 8.5 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.7 km NPrimary school — 1.7 km WGP — 1.7 km WFood shop — 3.1 km EPharmacy — 3.1 km E 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 (Cottance): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Panissières): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rozier-en-Donzy): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Panissières): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rozier-en-Donzy): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 56.6

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROZIER-EN-DONZY weather station, 1.9 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 544 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 1.9 km away at 530 m, over 13 summers. ^[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, 1.9 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42073
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42193
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
Marcillé-la-Ville	53	458 km NW	758	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Pierric	44	506 km NW	1,010	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Marcillé-Raoul	35	532 km NW	749	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Les Islettes	55	373 km N	695	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Landrais	17	400 km W	797	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Plévin	22	650 km NW	754	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Islettes	55	373 km N	695	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Landrais	17	400 km W	797	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Marcillé-la-Ville	53	458 km NW	758	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Pierric	44	506 km NW	1,010	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Marcillé-Raoul	35	532 km NW	749	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Plévin	22	650 km NW	754	47.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Cottance'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
Nivigne et Suran	01	102 km NE	820	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-le-Plain	07	90 km SE	858	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Oyré	86	306 km NW	962	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Valsonne	69	20 km NE	1,005	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Charsonville	45	315 km NW	609	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Courcôme	16	323 km W	814	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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