Feurs
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 75/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Feurs (INSEE 42094) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 8,367 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42094-feurs
Vitality score
Vitality score 75/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 2,917 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 | 0.77 | 25 | 19.13 |
| Social | 0.98 | 20 | 19.6 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.81 | 10 | 8.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.72 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
12 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PECHE GOURMAND · LA PETRIE FOREZIENNE · LA BOULANGERIE DE MARIE BLACHERE · LES PATISSIER). [3,4]
5 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DESPI · BOUCHERIE 2B · LA FERME DU VIVIER · MARCO ET MAX). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE · PLVC · LA'LIM · EPICERIE DE FEURS). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · NETTO). [3,4]
27 × Restaurant (LE CHAUDRON · FEURS · CRESCENDO · LE CARDINAL · SARL PIZZ A DEUX). [3,4]
13 × Café / bar (QUAND LES COCHONS VOLERONT · L'ATELIER - L'ATELIER A BIERES - MELCHIOR SELECTIO · AU PETIT BONHEUR · BRASSERIE DE LA PAIX · LE FOREZIEN). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RUE DU 8 MAI). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE LE PALAIS · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT). [3]
16 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOLENN BONNET, MÉDECIN · MURIELLE MARTINS, MÉDECIN · LOÏC GUINET, MÉDECIN · KIM JAMMES, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS COSTA, MÉDECIN). [3]
4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MERMIER BON · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DE LA PLAINE · PHARMACIE DU FOREZ ARCAS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - FEURS). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINE FEURS). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (EQUIPEMENTS CIVENS OUEST · FOREZIUM ANDRE DELORME). [3]
8 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL FOREZIEN · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
19 × Hairdresser (HAIR COIFFURE BIS · DUPUY CHRYSTELLE · DL COIFFURE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL LE COMTY · ETESIA · L'HOTEL L'ASTREE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 10 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 12 | AU PECHE GOURMAND · LA PETRIE FOREZIENNE · LA BOULANGERIE DE MARIE BLACHERE · LES PATISSIER | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 5 | BOUCHERIE DESPI · BOUCHERIE 2B · LA FERME DU VIVIER · MARCO ET MAX | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | DISTRIBUTION CASINO FRANCE · PLVC · LA'LIM · EPICERIE DE FEURS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR · NETTO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 27 | LE CHAUDRON · FEURS · CRESCENDO · LE CARDINAL · SARL PIZZ A DEUX | INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 47 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 13 | QUAND LES COCHONS VOLERONT · L'ATELIER - L'ATELIER A BIERES - MELCHIOR SELECTIO · AU PETIT BONHEUR · BRASSERIE DE LA PAIX · LE FOREZIEN | INSEE SIRENE 13 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RUE DU 8 MAI | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE LE PALAIS · COLLEGE PRIVE ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 16 | SOLENN BONNET, MÉDECIN · MURIELLE MARTINS, MÉDECIN · LOÏC GUINET, MÉDECIN · KIM JAMMES, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS COSTA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 16 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 4 | PHARMACIE MERMIER BON · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DE LA PLAINE · PHARMACIE DU FOREZ ARCAS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - FEURS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINE FEURS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | EQUIPEMENTS CIVENS OUEST · FOREZIUM ANDRE DELORME | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 8 | CREDIT MUTUEL FOREZIEN · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 19 | HAIR COIFFURE BIS · DUPUY CHRYSTELLE · DL COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL LE COMTY · ETESIA · L'HOTEL L'ASTREE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| 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. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 7,893 (2012) → 8,367 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 7,803 (1990) → 8,367 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,782, of which 2 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Feurs): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Feurs): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Feurs): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Feurs): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Feurs): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FEURS weather station, 1.1 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 341 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FEURS, 1.1 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. [11]
An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FEURS, 1.1 km away at 347 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 — 42094/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/40f36c0e-88d6-3863-9cab-b1fdf44ca128— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/61d6645d-598b-30f9-84fd-d7d65290e822— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42094/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42094/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42094/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42094
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évron | 53 | 442 km NW | 8,252 | 68.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 % |
| Saint-Renan | 29 | 733 km NW | 8,577 | 69.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 % |
| Coutances | 50 | 563 km NW | 8,321 | 76.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 % |
| Reignier-Ésery | 74 | 164 km E | 8,464 | 61.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 % |
| Falaise | 14 | 483 km NW | 7,680 | 73.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 % |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 43 | 50 km S | 8,823 | 71.4 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 43 | 50 km S | 8,823 | 71.4 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 % |
| Reignier-Ésery | 74 | 164 km E | 8,464 | 61.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 % |
| Évron | 53 | 442 km NW | 8,252 | 68.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 % |
| Falaise | 14 | 483 km NW | 7,680 | 73.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 % |
| Coutances | 50 | 563 km NW | 8,321 | 76.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Renan | 29 | 733 km NW | 8,577 | 69.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Feurs'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrond-les-Bains | 42 | 11 km S | 5,652 | 62.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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