Lentigny

Loire · CA Roannais Agglomération · INSEE 42120

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lentigny (INSEE 42120) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 1,794 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/42120-lentigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 10,323 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.71
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES LENTIGNOISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE L'ORCHIDEE · BISTROT LE PONT). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE SMACZYLA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LENTIGNY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - LENTIGNY). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (STUDIO 2). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES GOURMANDISES LENTIGNOISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	AUBERGE DE L'ORCHIDEE · BISTROT LE PONT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	CLAUDE SMACZYLA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LENTIGNY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE - LENTIGNY	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	3	STUDIO 2	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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): Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 842 2023: 1,794 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,625 (2012) → 1,794 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,411 (1990) → 1,794 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 817, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.1 km E 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 (Lentigny): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Lentigny): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lentigny): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villerest): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lentigny): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.5

Days at or below 0 °C 54.1

Muggy days a summer 13▸

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-ANDRE-APCHON weather station, 4.9 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 375 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-ANDRE-APCHON, 4.9 km away at 380 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 715 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-SUR-LOIRE, 3 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a3a78fde-e631-3495-b5ca-cc21d2616cf9— “Tous les samedis, de 9h à 12h, situé rue des orchidées (zone commerciale).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42332
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
Estissac	10	253 km N	1,763	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
La Capelle	02	442 km N	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Avesnes-le-Comte	62	488 km N	1,840	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt	02	391 km N	1,697	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Steinbourg	67	402 km NE	1,897	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe	72	375 km NW	1,950	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Estissac	10	253 km N	1,763	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe	72	375 km NW	1,950	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt	02	391 km N	1,697	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Steinbourg	67	402 km NE	1,897	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
La Capelle	02	442 km N	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 14 %
Avesnes-le-Comte	62	488 km N	1,840	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Lentigny'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-André-d'Apchon	42	5.5 km NW	1,966	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bellegarde-en-Forez	42	46 km SE	2,019	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Renaison	42	7.6 km NW	3,231	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Pacaudière	42	22 km NW	1,088	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Ambierle	42	14 km NW	1,865	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ouches	42	2.1 km N	1,138	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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