Luriecq
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Luriecq (INSEE 42126) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 1,238 (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 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 13,020 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 | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GRAND MATIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE SCORPION). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LA RAPETERIE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LURIECQ LPR RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - LURIECQ). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (JULY SUCHET). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DU DOLMEN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | GRAND MATIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LE SCORPION | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LA RAPETERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | LURIECQ LPR RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE - LURIECQ | 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 | 2 | JULY SUCHET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DU DOLMEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 1,241 (2012) → 1,238 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 625 (1990) → 1,238 (2023): 98.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 669, of which 12.3 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Luriecq): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Luriecq): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Luriecq): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC weather station, 1.9 km away at 822 m; the village itself is at 716 m. [10]
The village sits 106 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 11 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. [10]
That station sits 106 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 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 822 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 — 42126/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42126/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42126/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42126/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42126
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42204
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain-Lachalm | 43 | 29 km SE | 1,154 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 % |
| Chapdes-Beaufort | 63 | 107 km NW | 1,140 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Huismes | 37 | 354 km NW | 1,498 | 38.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 % |
| Lombers | 81 | 239 km SW | 1,080 | 48.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 % |
| Vieille-Brioude | 43 | 57 km W | 1,236 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 % |
| Chuelles | 45 | 296 km N | 1,237 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain-Lachalm | 43 | 29 km SE | 1,154 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vieille-Brioude | 43 | 57 km W | 1,236 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 % |
| Chapdes-Beaufort | 63 | 107 km NW | 1,140 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Lombers | 81 | 239 km SW | 1,080 | 48.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 % |
| Chuelles | 45 | 296 km N | 1,237 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 29 % |
| Huismes | 37 | 354 km NW | 1,498 | 38.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Luriecq'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maringes | 42 | 31 km NE | 677 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ambierle | 42 | 74 km N | 1,865 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-Lestra | 42 | 37 km NE | 947 | 70.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Haon-le-Vieux | 42 | 71 km N | 953 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chenereilles | 42 | 3.6 km N | 560 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villemontais | 42 | 60 km N | 1,042 | 27.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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