Cremeaux

Identity

Cremeaux (INSEE 42076) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pays d'Urfé. Population 914 (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/42076-cremeaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,880 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) (VIVAL). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT CREM'O). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LA HAVANE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CREMEAUX AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - CREMEAUX). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU BREUIL). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 919 (2012) → 914 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 937 (1990) → 914 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 539, of which 10.8 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Juré): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cremeaux): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Just-en-Chevalet): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Laval): 10.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-JUST-EN-CHEV weather station, 6.7 km away at 612 m; the village itself is at 663 m. ^[12]

The village sits 51 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-JUST-EN-CHEV, 6.7 km away at 612 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 51 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 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CREMEAUX, 0.1 km away at 668 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42076/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42076/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42076/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42076/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42116
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42076
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42248
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42230
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024