La Gimond

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42100

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Gimond (INSEE 42100) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 279 (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 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,646 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.62
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 (LE VALLON DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	LE VALLON DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE MAZOT	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 168 peak 2012: 291 2023: 279 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 291 (2012) → 279 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 279 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 118, of which 4.2 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SEFood shop — 2.7 km SEGP — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 km SW 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 (Fontanès): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontanès): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Héand): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Héand): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Gimond): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.3

Days at or below 0 °C 53.2

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GRAMMOND_SAPC weather station, 2.7 km away at 803 m; the village itself is at 653 m. ^[11]

The village sits 150 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 GRAMMOND_SAPC, 2.7 km away at 803 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 150 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 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GRAMMOND_SAPC, 2.7 km away at 803 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 — 42100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42234
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42100
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
Crocy	14	500 km NW	285	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Wallers-en-Fagne	59	501 km N	284	36.9	Few services	no figures
Colonne	39	173 km NE	256	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hangviller	57	420 km NE	253	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn)	64	459 km SW	332	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Ratzwiller	67	434 km NE	233	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colonne	39	173 km NE	256	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hangviller	57	420 km NE	253	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ratzwiller	67	434 km NE	233	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn)	64	459 km SW	332	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Crocy	14	500 km NW	285	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Wallers-en-Fagne	59	501 km N	284	36.9	Few services	no figures

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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 La Gimond'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
Hangviller	57	420 km NE	253	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ratzwiller	67	434 km NE	233	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Burbach	67	424 km NE	280	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Épineuse	60	449 km N	281	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Éclaibes	59	518 km N	269	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre	59	503 km N	272	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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