Cuzieu

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42081

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cuzieu (INSEE 42081) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 1,469 (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/42081-cuzieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 11,802 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.77	10	7.72
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPI-SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (MOREAU BERNADETTE · SARL LE FOREZ · DELICE KEBAB). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANAHITA NICOLIER, MÉDECIN · ALICIA MARGERIT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - CUZIEU). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (VALERIE COIFFURE · L&ZEN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPI-SERVICE	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	4	MOREAU BERNADETTE · SARL LE FOREZ · DELICE KEBAB	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANAHITA NICOLIER, MÉDECIN · ALICIA MARGERIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - CUZIEU	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	2	VALERIE COIFFURE · L&ZEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 466 peak 2017: 1,525 2023: 1,469 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,494 (2012) → 1,469 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,155 (1990) → 1,469 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 613, of which 1.1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 4.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.4 km NW 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): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Cuzieu): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montrond-les-Bains): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cuzieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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, 7.5 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, 7.5 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, 7.5 km away at 395 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 — 42081/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42081/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42081/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42081/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42149
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
Kersaint-Plabennec	29	727 km NW	1,571	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Alairac	11	314 km SW	1,395	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 %
Enquin-lez-Guinegatte	62	573 km N	1,594	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Florence	85	437 km W	1,359	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Thil	01	63 km E	1,261	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac	33	368 km W	1,246	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thil	01	63 km E	1,261	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Alairac	11	314 km SW	1,395	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac	33	368 km W	1,246	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 29 %
Sainte-Florence	85	437 km W	1,359	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Enquin-lez-Guinegatte	62	573 km N	1,594	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Kersaint-Plabennec	29	727 km NW	1,571	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cuzieu'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
Urzy	58	181 km NW	1,727	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marigny-les-Usages	45	312 km NW	1,887	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-la-Motte	42	57 km N	1,436	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Merxheim	68	345 km NE	1,396	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Wolfgantzen	68	365 km NE	1,190	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Tour-en-Jarez	42	17 km SE	1,495	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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