Firminy
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.9/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Firminy (INSEE 42095) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 17,060 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42095-firminy
Vitality score
Vitality score 66.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 70 % of the 1,410 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 | 0.68 | 25 | 17.01 |
| Social | 0.98 | 20 | 19.52 |
| Education | 0.58 | 10 | 5.83 |
| Health | 0.64 | 10 | 6.37 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.24 | 10 | 2.38 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
14 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MP · EURL NOUVELLE BOULANGERIE FIRMINY · LA MIE CALINE · MAISON MATRICON). [3,4]
7 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON BONIN BOUCHERIE DE LA TERRAS · BOUCHERIE JAILLET · GRAND FRAIS · HALL DES VIANDES). [3,4]
8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ABRAHAMIAN · MARCHE PLUS · SCOP LES ARTISONS SARL · PALEXOTIQUE · COMME CHEZ GRAND MERE). [3,4]
6 × Supermarket (FIRMINY DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · ACTION · SUPER NOVA MARKET · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
2 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE BLANC CREME · FROMAGERIE FRISQUET). [4]
44 × Restaurant (AUX BONS GOURMANDS · BUFFALO GRILL · EURL FIRMIRES · 2 G). [3,4]
25 × Café / bar (CBD ZEN · BAR DU MARCHE · LE PETIT KIOSQUE · CARPE DIEM · E.S.H. NJA). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROUSSEAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE MAS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE TARDIVE). [3]
7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAZEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA TARDIVE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FAYOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE MAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE STADE). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE LES BRUNEAUX · COLLEGE WALDECK-ROUSSEAU · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FIRMIN). [3]
11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NITHIA LY PENG, MÉDECIN · PIERRE VINCENT AUBERT, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT FORISSIER, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIE FOND, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CLAVEY, MÉDECIN). [3]
6 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOUTHIER · PHARMACIE DU BREUIL · PHARMACIE MUTUALISTE · PHARMACIE DE L'ONDAINE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (FIRMINY LE MAIL LPR RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - FIRMINY). [3]
1 × Cinema (MAJESTIC). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DES BRUNEAUX GM3 · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL 2 · GYMNASES MUNICIPAUX 1 ET 6 · GYMNASES FIRMINY VERT). [3]
8 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL FIRMINY HAUT FOREZ · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
31 × Hairdresser (SARL EPISODE · F B COIFFURE · ATLANTIS VIP · ZENITUD). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL ABRIBIS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 24 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 3 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 6 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 14 | MP · EURL NOUVELLE BOULANGERIE FIRMINY · LA MIE CALINE · MAISON MATRICON | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 7 | MAISON BONIN BOUCHERIE DE LA TERRAS · BOUCHERIE JAILLET · GRAND FRAIS · HALL DES VIANDES | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 8 | ABRAHAMIAN · MARCHE PLUS · SCOP LES ARTISONS SARL · PALEXOTIQUE · COMME CHEZ GRAND MERE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 6 | FIRMINY DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · ACTION · SUPER NOVA MARKET · INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 2 | FROMAGERIE BLANC CREME · FROMAGERIE FRISQUET | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 44 | AUX BONS GOURMANDS · BUFFALO GRILL · EURL FIRMIRES · 2 G | INSEE BPE 44 / INSEE SIRENE 92 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 25 | CBD ZEN · BAR DU MARCHE · LE PETIT KIOSQUE · CARPE DIEM · E.S.H. NJA | INSEE SIRENE 25 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROUSSEAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE MAS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE TARDIVE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 7 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAZEAU · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA TARDIVE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FAYOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE MAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE STADE | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE LES BRUNEAUX · COLLEGE WALDECK-ROUSSEAU · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT FIRMIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 11 | NITHIA LY PENG, MÉDECIN · PIERRE VINCENT AUBERT, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT FORISSIER, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIE FOND, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CLAVEY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 6 | PHARMACIE BOUTHIER · PHARMACIE DU BREUIL · PHARMACIE MUTUALISTE · PHARMACIE DE L'ONDAINE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | FIRMINY LE MAIL LPR RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - FIRMINY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | MAJESTIC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | GYMNASE DES BRUNEAUX GM3 · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL 2 · GYMNASES MUNICIPAUX 1 ET 6 · GYMNASES FIRMINY VERT | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 8 | CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL FIRMINY HAUT FOREZ · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 31 | SARL EPISODE · F B COIFFURE · ATLANTIS VIP · ZENITUD | INSEE BPE 31 / INSEE SIRENE 47 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL ABRIBIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 17,123 (2012) → 17,060 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 23,123 (1990) → 17,060 (2023): -26.2 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 9,341, of which 1.2 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Firminy): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Firminy): 0 km to the west (straight line). [10]
GP (Firminy): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Firminy): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Firminy): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FIRMINY weather station, 1.1 km away at 515 m; the village itself is at 478 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FIRMINY, 1.1 km away at 515 m, over 13 summers. [11]
An average of 790 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FIRMINY, 1.1 km away at 515 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42095/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2023-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/548ad5d8-1bdf-39c4-bc42-f7f1615fad19— “Marché de Firminy Place du Breuil”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2023-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/78032016-2d2e-372f-bede-91a66775e980— “Marché de Firminy”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42095/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42095/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42095/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42095
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montceau-les-Mines | 71 | 143 km N | 17,064 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blanquefort | 33 | 389 km W | 17,215 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 % |
| Yutz | 57 | 465 km N | 17,391 | 61.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 % |
| Sedan | 08 | 482 km N | 16,667 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verdun | 55 | 427 km N | 16,890 | 65 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 % |
| Mennecy | 91 | 380 km N | 16,433 | 57.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montceau-les-Mines | 71 | 143 km N | 17,064 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mennecy | 91 | 380 km N | 16,433 | 57.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blanquefort | 33 | 389 km W | 17,215 | 58.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 % |
| Verdun | 55 | 427 km N | 16,890 | 65 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 % |
| Yutz | 57 | 465 km N | 17,391 | 61.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 % |
| Sedan | 08 | 482 km N | 16,667 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Firminy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montceau-les-Mines | 71 | 143 km N | 17,064 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 105 km NE | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Riom | 63 | 107 km NW | 18,820 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sélestat | 67 | 400 km NE | 19,589 | 68.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vesoul | 70 | 286 km NE | 15,078 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rixheim | 68 | 354 km NE | 14,380 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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