Craintilleux

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42075

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

Partly served 43.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Craintilleux (INSEE 42075) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 1,342 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/42075-craintilleux

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 61 % of the 12,416 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BIOPANITIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAYOUD). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TERRASSE DU GOLF · LE BIRDIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BONSAI CAFE). ^[4]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE ET BIEN ETRE · BEAUTYFLY COLORS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	BIOPANITIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAYOUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA TERRASSE DU GOLF · LE BIRDIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BONSAI CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU BOURG	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE - CRAINTILLEUX	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	3	L'ATELIER COIFFURE ET BIEN ETRE · BEAUTYFLY COLORS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 322 2023: 1,342 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,205 (2012) → 1,342 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 752 (1990) → 1,342 (2023): 78.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 532, of which 0.9 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km SWFood shop — 0.7 km SWGP — 3.4 km NEPharmacy — 4.2 km SE 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 (Craintilleux): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Craintilleux): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cuzieu): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Veauche): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Craintilleux): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON weather station, 6.3 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 6.3 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 6.3 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42323
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
Croix-Chapeau	17	410 km W	1,418	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Dry	45	312 km NW	1,408	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Trangé	72	415 km NW	1,637	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	72 km SW	1,653	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Plaine-Haute	22	624 km NW	1,712	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	438 km NW	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	72 km SW	1,653	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Dry	45	312 km NW	1,408	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Croix-Chapeau	17	410 km W	1,418	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Trangé	72	415 km NW	1,637	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	438 km NW	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Plaine-Haute	22	624 km NW	1,712	43	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 43 % · 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 Craintilleux'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
Torcé-en-Vallée	72	407 km NW	1,397	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vimory	45	288 km NW	1,099	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Échelles	73	120 km E	1,286	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villemoirieu	38	79 km E	1,925	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne	42	54 km N	1,170	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chappes	63	85 km W	1,607	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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