Essertines-en-Châtelneuf
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Essertines-en-Châtelneuf (INSEE 42089) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 667 (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 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 63 % of the 16,643 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.78 | 10 | 7.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 4.01 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EMILIE & JEAN-ROCH). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUDREY MARCOUX, MÉDECIN · FANNY RODRIGUEZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - ESSERTINES-EN-CHÂTELNEUF). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 1 | EMILIE & JEAN-ROCH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 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 | AUDREY MARCOUX, MÉDECIN · FANNY RODRIGUEZ, 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 - ESSERTINES-EN-CHÂTELNEUF | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 669 (2012) → 667 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 521 (1990) → 667 (2023): 28 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 355, of which 9.9 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Essertines-en-Châtelneuf): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lérigneux): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Essertines-en-Châtelneuf): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Montbrison): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Essertines-en-Châtelneuf): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VERRIERES EN FO weather station, 5.2 km away at 770 m; the village itself is at 713 m. [11]
The village sits 57 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 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CHALMAZEL, 14.7 km away at 855 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 142 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 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VERRIERES EN FO, 5.2 km away at 770 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 — 42089/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42089/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42089/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42089/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42089
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42121
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42147
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzel | 63 | 56 km W | 703 | 35.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontaines-en-Sologne | 41 | 282 km NW | 661 | 29.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Breuvannes-en-Bassigny | 52 | 301 km NE | 632 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Deaux | 30 | 173 km S | 638 | 32.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Gault-Saint-Denis | 28 | 349 km NW | 666 | 31.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brangues | 38 | 119 km E | 614 | 34.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzel | 63 | 56 km W | 703 | 35.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brangues | 38 | 119 km E | 614 | 34.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Deaux | 30 | 173 km S | 638 | 32.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontaines-en-Sologne | 41 | 282 km NW | 661 | 29.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Breuvannes-en-Bassigny | 52 | 301 km NE | 632 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Gault-Saint-Denis | 28 | 349 km NW | 666 | 31.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Essertines-en-Châtelneuf'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuvannes-en-Bassigny | 52 | 301 km NE | 632 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marville | 55 | 440 km N | 522 | 31.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Larnod | 25 | 231 km NE | 773 | 29.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Haraucourt | 08 | 451 km N | 699 | 37.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontanès | 42 | 35 km E | 690 | 36.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Padoux | 88 | 355 km NE | 488 | 28.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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