Dargoire

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42083

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dargoire (INSEE 42083) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 524 (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/42083-dargoire

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,685 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.72	10	7.24
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHRIS ET LO ROTISSERIE TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE ROADHOUSE BLUES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANNE-MARIE REVERCHON). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BLONDE OU BRUNE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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	1	CHRIS ET LO ROTISSERIE TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE ROADHOUSE BLUES	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANNE-MARIE REVERCHON	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	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	2	BLONDE OU BRUNE	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: 111 2023: 524 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 478 (2012) → 524 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 428 (1990) → 524 (2023): 22.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 1 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km SGP — 0.7 km SWFood shop — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 3.8 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 (Tartaras): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Romain-en-Gier): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tartaras): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chabanière): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dargoire): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 31.6

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CELLIEU weather station, 10.4 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 246 m. ^[12]

The village sits 247 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CELLIEU, 10.4 km away at 493 m, over 24 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 247 m above 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 733 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 6 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42083/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42083/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42083/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42083/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42083
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
Larbroye	60	464 km N	505	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Gervans	26	52 km S	545	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Courson-Monteloup	91	388 km NW	563	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Yvoine	63	111 km W	553	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %
Erquinghem-le-Sec	59	577 km N	620	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Flévy	57	426 km N	602	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gervans	26	52 km S	545	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Yvoine	63	111 km W	553	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %
Courson-Monteloup	91	388 km NW	563	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Flévy	57	426 km N	602	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 78 %
Larbroye	60	464 km N	505	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Erquinghem-le-Sec	59	577 km N	620	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Dargoire'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
Moncaut	47	365 km SW	589	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jaillans	26	71 km SE	1,009	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Lages	31	327 km SW	886	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Cabara	33	387 km W	526	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Nizan	33	406 km W	506	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Bretx	31	343 km SW	673	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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