Fourneaux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fourneaux (INSEE 42098) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône. Population 563 (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 52.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 17,386 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.57 | 10 | 5.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.15 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ TELMA). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (SARL LA FOURNESIENE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (FOURNEAUX RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE - FOURNEAUX). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE L AN NEUF). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ TELMA | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 2 | SARL LA FOURNESIENE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | FOURNEAUX RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE - FOURNEAUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DE L AN NEUF | INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 630 (2012) → 563 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 528 (1990) → 563 (2023): 6.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 318, of which 8.5 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fourneaux): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Amplepuis): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Fourneaux): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FOURNEAUX weather station, 0.5 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 492 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at NEULISE, 7.8 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 65 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 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FOURNEAUX, 0.5 km away at 510 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 — 42098/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42098/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42098/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42098/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42098
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69006
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42289
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressac | 86 | 287 km W | 544 | 53.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dausse | 47 | 316 km SW | 526 | 53 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 % |
| Aubenton | 02 | 434 km N | 658 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 86 % |
| Saint-Léon | 03 | 69 km NW | 530 | 48.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 21 % |
| La Sauvetat-de-Savères | 47 | 332 km SW | 479 | 55.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 % |
| Châtel-de-Neuvre | 03 | 90 km NW | 563 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léon | 03 | 69 km NW | 530 | 48.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 21 % |
| Châtel-de-Neuvre | 03 | 90 km NW | 563 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
| Pressac | 86 | 287 km W | 544 | 53.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dausse | 47 | 316 km SW | 526 | 53 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 % |
| La Sauvetat-de-Savères | 47 | 332 km SW | 479 | 55.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 % |
| Aubenton | 02 | 434 km N | 658 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · 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 Fourneaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balizac | 33 | 403 km W | 520 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux | 42 | 47 km NW | 845 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Budos | 33 | 396 km W | 823 | 33.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bommes | 33 | 394 km W | 459 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lay | 42 | 4.4 km NW | 777 | 37.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villandraut | 33 | 399 km SW | 1,112 | 54.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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