Lorette
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lorette (INSEE 42123) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 4,983 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 35 % of the 4,708 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 | 0.32 | 25 | 8.08 |
| Social | 0.65 | 20 | 13.05 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.81 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.96 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GOMEZ VALERY · BOULANGERIE DU TOTEM). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LE LORETTOIS · LA TABLE D'ELSA · GREZIEUX BAR · CHELLAGHA HAFIDA · MAXI TACOS 42). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE RIO · CHEZ DIDIER). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE CURIE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RAPHAËL VIGNAL, MÉDECIN · ABDELOUHAB GHAZLI, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA MICHEL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOUCHE-PILLON, MÉDECIN · LAURENT JOUBERT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - LORETTE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF P MENDES FRANCE · SALLE MULTISPORTS DE L ECLUSE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (AUTHENTIC'HAIR · SOYONS DE MECHES). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | GOMEZ VALERY · BOULANGERIE DU TOTEM | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MARKET | 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 | 6 | LE LORETTOIS · LA TABLE D'ELSA · GREZIEUX BAR · CHELLAGHA HAFIDA · MAXI TACOS 42 | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE RIO · CHEZ DIDIER | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE CURIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | RAPHAËL VIGNAL, MÉDECIN · ABDELOUHAB GHAZLI, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA MICHEL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOUCHE-PILLON, MÉDECIN · LAURENT JOUBERT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - LORETTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF P MENDES FRANCE · SALLE MULTISPORTS DE L ECLUSE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | AUTHENTIC'HAIR · SOYONS DE MECHES | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,653 (2012) → 4,983 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 5,082 (1990) → 4,983 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,296, of which 0.4 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lorette): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Lorette): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Lorette): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lorette): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lorette): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CELLIEU weather station, 4 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 295 m. [10]
The village sits 198 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 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CELLIEU, 4 km away at 493 m, over 24 summers. [10]
That station sits 198 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 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GENILAC, 0.9 km away at 292 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42123/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/cca300cb-bd5d-3c1e-80ae-de995c9eab69— “Marché de Lorette”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42123/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42123/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42123/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42123
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy-Berclau | 62 | 571 km N | 5,093 | 50.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 88 % |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 62 | 615 km N | 5,029 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bauvin | 59 | 570 km N | 5,249 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cysoing | 59 | 571 km N | 4,839 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Teyran | 34 | 210 km S | 4,787 | 50 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reichstett | 67 | 423 km NE | 4,732 | 53.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teyran | 34 | 210 km S | 4,787 | 50 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reichstett | 67 | 423 km NE | 4,732 | 53.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bauvin | 59 | 570 km N | 5,249 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cysoing | 59 | 571 km N | 4,839 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Billy-Berclau | 62 | 571 km N | 5,093 | 50.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 88 % |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 62 | 615 km N | 5,029 | 40.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Lorette'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaponnay | 69 | 30 km NE | 4,548 | 58.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fenouillet | 31 | 325 km SW | 5,784 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence | 26 | 67 km SE | 6,176 | 54 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-Évêque | 38 | 26 km E | 6,213 | 55.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon | 69 | 25 km NE | 6,186 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rives | 38 | 74 km E | 6,549 | 62.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
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