Gumières
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 27.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gumières (INSEE 42107) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 325 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42107-gumieres
Vitality score
Vitality score 27.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 69 % of the 17,997 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 | 0.76 | 10 | 7.65 |
| Housing mix | 0.37 | 5 | 1.87 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - GUMIÈRES). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE - GUMIÈRES | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Friday. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 320 (2012) → 325 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 257 (1990) → 325 (2023): 26.5 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 31.3 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chazelles-sur-Lavieu): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Verrières-en-Forez): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [11]
GP (Soleymieux): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [12]
Pharmacy (Saint-Anthème): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [13]
Primary school (Gumières): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [14]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 92 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [15]
Measured at the VERRIERES EN FO weather station, 4.8 km away at 770 m; the village itself is at 890 m. [15]
The village sits 120 m above 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. [15]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [15]
Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 12.5 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. [15]
That station sits 68 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [15]
An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [15]
Rainfall measured at VERRIERES EN FO, 4.8 km away at 770 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [15]
Uncertainties
Two sources name market days with none in common. They may be separate markets in the same commune, or one may be out of date — all days are listed and none is treated as confirmed. [5,6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42107/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.gumieres.fr/vie-pratique/transports-et-covoiturages— “Une ligne de proximité Gumières St Jean Soleymieux Gumières vous emmènera au marché le mardi.”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/02599ddd-acc5-36b0-a09f-7ea4e68df375— “Le Marché paysan est un rdv convivial, un vendredi sur deux, toute l'année.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42107/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42107/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42107/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42058
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42328
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42301
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63319
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42107
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnets | 19 | 147 km W | 303 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 % |
| Poligny | 05 | 187 km SE | 338 | 27.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 % |
| Nancy-sur-Cluses | 74 | 209 km E | 463 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
| Privezac | 12 | 188 km SW | 350 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Runan | 22 | 648 km NW | 245 | 26.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Ongles | 04 | 217 km SE | 358 | 32.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnets | 19 | 147 km W | 303 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 % |
| Poligny | 05 | 187 km SE | 338 | 27.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 % |
| Privezac | 12 | 188 km SW | 350 | 32 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Nancy-sur-Cluses | 74 | 209 km E | 463 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 % |
| Ongles | 04 | 217 km SE | 358 | 32.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 % |
| Runan | 22 | 648 km NW | 245 | 26.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Gumières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte | 42 | 19 km S | 340 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Merle-Leignec | 42 | 18 km S | 324 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chazelles-sur-Lavieu | 42 | 1.4 km NE | 261 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Apinac | 42 | 17 km S | 437 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estivareilles | 42 | 13 km S | 721 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verrières-en-Forez | 42 | 4.5 km N | 731 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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