Croizet-sur-Gand

Loire · CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône · INSEE 42077

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Croizet-sur-Gand (INSEE 42077) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône. Population 320 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,948 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 235 2023: 320 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 310 (2012) → 320 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 208 (1990) → 320 (2023): 53.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 4.2 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.6 km SEPrimary school — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km SGP — 2.8 km SPharmacy — 3.8 km N 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 (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 54.4

Muggy days a summer 11.5▸

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEULISE weather station, 4.1 km away at 557 m; the village itself is at 491 m. ^[10]

The village sits 66 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NEULISE, 4.1 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEULISE - MAN, 3.7 km away at 554 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 — 42077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42289
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
Garris	64	507 km SW	320	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel	57	383 km NE	322	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 21 %
Mesbrecourt-Richecourt	02	424 km N	320	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 21 %
Lourmais	35	531 km NW	340	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 21 %
Sery	08	408 km N	315	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Cierzac	17	354 km W	323	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cierzac	17	354 km W	323	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel	57	383 km NE	322	18	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 21 %
Sery	08	408 km N	315	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Mesbrecourt-Richecourt	02	424 km N	320	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 21 %
Garris	64	507 km SW	320	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Lourmais	35	531 km NW	340	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Croizet-sur-Gand'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
Lucgarier	64	460 km SW	273	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Herrère	64	486 km SW	397	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Escou	64	485 km SW	429	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pinay	42	8.6 km SW	286	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Escout	64	486 km SW	423	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hours	64	459 km SW	231	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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