Coutouvre

Identity

Coutouvre (INSEE 42074) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 1,085 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42074-coutouvre

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 13,843 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT COUTOUVRAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES MARRONNIERS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU PROMPT SECOURS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIANA DIACONU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE ERA PAUL LAGRESLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CHERVIER PERRINE · LES CISEAUX DE VIRGINIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,105 (2012) → 1,085 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,052 (1990) → 1,085 (2023): 3.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 534, of which 3.2 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villers): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Coutouvre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Coutouvre): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montagny): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Coutouvre): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NANDAX weather station, 3.1 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 441 m. ^[12]

The village sits 67 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PERREUX, 9.4 km away at 297 m, over 16 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 144 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NANDAX, 3.1 km away at 374 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

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

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42074/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/cbc4d432-db57-38ab-ae7d-41fd547c0a8e— “Rendez-vous tous les dimanches pour soutenir nos producteurs locaux !”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42074/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42074/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42074/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42333
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42074
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42145
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024