Mably
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mably (INSEE 42127) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 7,233 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/42127-mably
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 3,344 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 | 0.44 | 25 | 10.95 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.14 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.46 | 10 | 4.61 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.72 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE DE MARIE BLACHERE · EURL MONT EPI). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRAND FRAIS · LA BOUCHERIE DES SABLES). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA VIE CLAIRE · GRAND FRAIS). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · ANTHIEU · CARREFOUR). [3,4]
16 × Restaurant (FLUNCH · RESTAURANT DEL ARTE · SUSHI ROLL · BONAPPEPIZZ). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (BREAK · AU BUREAU). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES SABLES · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU BOURG). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES TUILERIES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES SABLES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU BOURG · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES PREVERT). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS ARAGON · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE MONTESSORI ST LOUIS). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME CHAMBAUD, MÉDECIN · GABRIELLE SMANS, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE MAHUSSIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (GRANDE PHARMACIE DE MABLY · PHARMACIE DES SABLES). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (MABLY RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ROANNAIS AGGLOMÉRATION - MABLY). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE OMNISPORTS PAUL DESROCHES). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (SHAMPOO · SALON LAURENT · PASCAL COSTE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (ACE HOTEL · HOTEL HELIOS ROANNE THE ORIGINALS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA BOULANGERIE DE MARIE BLACHERE · EURL MONT EPI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | GRAND FRAIS · LA BOUCHERIE DES SABLES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | LA VIE CLAIRE · GRAND FRAIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · ANTHIEU · CARREFOUR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 16 | FLUNCH · RESTAURANT DEL ARTE · SUSHI ROLL · BONAPPEPIZZ | INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | BREAK · AU BUREAU | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LES SABLES · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU BOURG | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES TUILERIES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES SABLES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU BOURG · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES PREVERT | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE LOUIS ARAGON · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE MONTESSORI ST LOUIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | GUILLAUME CHAMBAUD, MÉDECIN · GABRIELLE SMANS, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE MAHUSSIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | GRANDE PHARMACIE DE MABLY · PHARMACIE DES SABLES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | MABLY RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE ROANNAIS AGGLOMÉRATION - MABLY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | CENTRE OMNISPORTS PAUL DESROCHES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 8 | SHAMPOO · SALON LAURENT · PASCAL COSTE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | ACE HOTEL · HOTEL HELIOS ROANNE THE ORIGINALS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Friday matin Place Verdun (Bourg). [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 7,614 (2012) → 7,233 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 8,291 (1990) → 7,233 (2023): -12.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,548, of which 0.8 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mably): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Mably): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Mably): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Mably): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Mably): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the RIORGES weather station, 3.9 km away at 297 m; the village itself is at 291 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at RIORGES, 3.9 km away at 297 m, over 10 summers. [11]
An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at RIORGES, 3.9 km away at 297 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42127/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-mably.fr/fr/rb/1923274/marches-17— “Tous les vendredis matins Place Verdun (Bourg)”
- DATAtourisme 2023-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/de1f4b34-d9f9-3ff2-8288-abd005664165— “Ce marché du vendredi réunira un volailler, un rôtisseur (plats préparés), un fromager et un primeur ...”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42127/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42127/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42127/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42127
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombelles | 14 | 476 km NW | 7,243 | 63.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vendargues | 34 | 270 km S | 7,262 | 69.3 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | 54 | 329 km NE | 7,359 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut | 59 | 485 km N | 7,354 | 58.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sathonay-Camp | 69 | 69 km SE | 7,019 | 62 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 78 | 335 km NW | 7,276 | 55.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sathonay-Camp | 69 | 69 km SE | 7,019 | 62 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vendargues | 34 | 270 km S | 7,262 | 69.3 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Port | 54 | 329 km NE | 7,359 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis | 78 | 335 km NW | 7,276 | 55.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 % |
| Colombelles | 14 | 476 km NW | 7,243 | 63.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut | 59 | 485 km N | 7,354 | 58.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Mably'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischwiller | 67 | 413 km NE | 12,242 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 71 | 108 km NE | 6,446 | 69.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Drusenheim | 67 | 417 km NE | 5,388 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Trélissac | 24 | 274 km W | 7,372 | 65.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Herrlisheim | 67 | 412 km NE | 4,694 | 45.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Riorges | 42 | 5.0 km S | 11,139 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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