Essertines-en-Donzy

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42090

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Essertines-en-Donzy (INSEE 42090) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 477 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,892 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	7.02
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - ESSERTINES-EN-DONZY). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - ESSERTINES-EN-DONZY	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 495 2023: 477 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 494 (2012) → 477 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 397 (1990) → 477 (2023): 20.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 9.6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NEFood shop — 3.5 km SGP — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Chambost-Longessaigne): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-Lestra): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Martin-Lestra): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Panissières): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Essertines-en-Donzy): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 56.6

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ROZIER-EN-DONZY weather station, 7.6 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 520 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 7.6 km away at 530 m, over 13 summers. ^[13]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PANISSIERES, 5.7 km away at 614 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42090/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/0aed3138-ab28-387a-ad35-04f91f514fe2— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42090/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42090/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42090/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42090
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
Fontenoy	02	415 km N	483	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Cassagnoles	30	193 km S	457	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Vergezac	43	94 km SW	470	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Jouvençon	71	106 km NE	461	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Essertenne	71	119 km N	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tavernay	71	141 km N	493	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vergezac	43	94 km SW	470	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 11 % · humidity 86 %
Jouvençon	71	106 km NE	461	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Essertenne	71	119 km N	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tavernay	71	141 km N	493	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagnoles	30	193 km S	457	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Fontenoy	02	415 km N	483	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 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-Donzy'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
Essertenne	71	119 km N	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bongheat	63	71 km W	465	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnencontre	21	160 km N	432	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vaumas	03	95 km NW	528	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Colombe-lès-Vesoul	70	251 km NE	492	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ardenay-sur-Mérize	72	388 km NW	504	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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