Lézigneux

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42122

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lézigneux (INSEE 42122) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 1,739 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42122-lezigneux

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 10,537 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE P'TIT MEUNIER ROUCHON). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CENTRAL BAR EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LÉZIGNEUX). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON · LES CISEAUX D'ISA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	LE P'TIT MEUNIER ROUCHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CENTRAL BAR EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 MUNICIPALE DE LÉZIGNEUX	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	LE SALON · LES CISEAUX D'ISA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 539 2023: 1,739 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,676 (2012) → 1,739 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 900 (1990) → 1,739 (2023): 93.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 808, of which 4.1 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 2.9 km N 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 (Lézigneux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lézigneux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montbrison): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montbrison): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lézigneux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

Muggy days a summer 16.9▸

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERRIERES EN FO weather station, 4.2 km away at 770 m; the village itself is at 548 m. ^[10]

The village sits 222 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 17 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 14.7 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 274 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERRIERES EN FO, 4.2 km away at 770 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42122/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42122/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42122/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42122/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42147
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
Aurseulles	14	534 km NW	1,896	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %
Bray-Saint-Aignan	45	283 km NW	1,803	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Nousty	64	425 km SW	1,572	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Chameyrat	19	188 km W	1,481	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville	42	3.4 km SE	1,453	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Ponchon	60	443 km N	1,163	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville	42	3.4 km SE	1,453	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Chameyrat	19	188 km W	1,481	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Bray-Saint-Aignan	45	283 km NW	1,803	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Nousty	64	425 km SW	1,572	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Ponchon	60	443 km N	1,163	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Aurseulles	14	534 km NW	1,896	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Lézigneux'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
Écotay-l'Olme	42	2.7 km N	1,334	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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