Épercieux-Saint-Paul
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Épercieux-Saint-Paul (INSEE 42088) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 732 (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 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 16,221 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (VELMER · LA BONNE ADRESSE). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar. [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - ÉPERCIEUX-SAINT-PAUL). [4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL L'EPERON D'OR). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | VELMER · LA BONNE ADRESSE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE - ÉPERCIEUX-SAINT-PAUL | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL L'EPERON D'OR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 676 (2012) → 732 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 446 (1990) → 732 (2023): 64.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 322, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pouilly-lès-Feurs): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Balbigny): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Balbigny): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Balbigny): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Épercieux-Saint-Paul): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ROZIER-EN-DONZY weather station, 5.5 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 332 m. [11]
The village sits 198 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 5.5 km away at 530 m, over 13 summers. [11]
That station sits 198 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BALBIGNY, 3.5 km away at 336 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 — 42088/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42088/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42088/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42088/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42175
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42011
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42088
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Faust | 64 | 464 km SW | 738 | 37 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chalain-le-Comtal | 42 | 17 km S | 743 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Novy-Chevrières | 08 | 417 km N | 715 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Wirwignes | 62 | 574 km N | 768 | 41.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oudezeele | 59 | 575 km N | 690 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Auzouville-sur-Ry | 76 | 461 km NW | 683 | 37.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalain-le-Comtal | 42 | 17 km S | 743 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 0 % |
| Novy-Chevrières | 08 | 417 km N | 715 | 38.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Auzouville-sur-Ry | 76 | 461 km NW | 683 | 37.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Faust | 64 | 464 km SW | 738 | 37 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 % |
| Wirwignes | 62 | 574 km N | 768 | 41.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oudezeele | 59 | 575 km N | 690 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · 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 Épercieux-Saint-Paul'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilly | 45 | 268 km NW | 659 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Haies | 69 | 53 km SE | 723 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis | 85 | 423 km W | 1,101 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chamelet | 69 | 32 km NE | 706 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marillac-le-Franc | 16 | 294 km W | 825 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Foye-Monjault | 79 | 370 km W | 839 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
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