Montbrison
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 69.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montbrison (INSEE 42147) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 16,123 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 69.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 81 % of the 1,511 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 | 0.64 | 25 | 15.96 |
| Social | 0.98 | 20 | 19.59 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.65 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.46 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
15 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE CHOCOLATERIE BRUNO GUERPILLON · LE FOURNIL MONTBRISONNAIS · LA BONBONNIERE · LA FAGETTE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE JEAN HUGUET ET FILS · AUX MELANGES DES SAVEURS · BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · PROVENC'HALLES). [3,4]
9 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR SUPERMARCHE · MIEUX VIVRE · UTILE · SAVEUR NATUR' · L'EPICERIE). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE · RD2M). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE DE MONTBRISON). [4]
1 × Fishmonger (POSSONNERIE SEBASTIEN ROBERT). [3,4]
40 × Restaurant (MONTREST 2 · BRASSERIE DES GRANGES · UNA STORIA). [3,4]
27 × Café / bar (AU FINAL · LA MAD'LEINE · LA DIANA · BAR TABAC DU BOULEVARD · DOLCE VITA). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA MADELEINE). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ESTIALLET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHEMIN ROUGE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE BRILLIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST CHARLES). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE MARIO MEUNIER · COLLEGE PRIVE VICTOR DE LAPRADE). [3]
16 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-NOËLLE POIRIEUX, MÉDECIN · AMEL FAZLI, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN BARBIER, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MARCOUX, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE GRIS, MÉDECIN). [3]
5 × Pharmacy (SNC PHARMACIE DE BEAUREGARD · PHARMACIE DES COMTES DU FOREZ · PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE ROCHE · PHARMACIE BAILLY HENRI · PHARMACIE NOTRE DAME). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (MONTBRISON BEAUREGARD AP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - MONTBRISON · 42 - DIRECTION DÉPARTEMENTALE DU LIVRE ET DU MULTIMÉDIA SITE MONTBRISON). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINÉMA REX). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF BEAUREGARD · FAM LES IRIS). [3]
9 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL DE MONTBRISON · MONTBRISON BEAUREGARD · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). [3]
38 × Hairdresser (BOTELLA MARIE-HELENE · DORAL · COIFF'STYL). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT LE PASS'PLAT). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE SURIZET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 13 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 15 | PATISSERIE CHOCOLATERIE BRUNO GUERPILLON · LE FOURNIL MONTBRISONNAIS · LA BONBONNIERE · LA FAGETTE | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | BOUCHERIE JEAN HUGUET ET FILS · AUX MELANGES DES SAVEURS · BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · PROVENC'HALLES | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 9 | SPAR SUPERMARCHE · MIEUX VIVRE · UTILE · SAVEUR NATUR' · L'EPICERIE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE · RD2M | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | FROMAGERIE DE MONTBRISON | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 1 | POSSONNERIE SEBASTIEN ROBERT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 40 | MONTREST 2 · BRASSERIE DES GRANGES · UNA STORIA | INSEE BPE 40 / INSEE SIRENE 68 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 27 | AU FINAL · LA MAD'LEINE · LA DIANA · BAR TABAC DU BOULEVARD · DOLCE VITA | INSEE SIRENE 27 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA MADELEINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE ESTIALLET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHEMIN ROUGE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE BRILLIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST CHARLES | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE MARIO MEUNIER · COLLEGE PRIVE VICTOR DE LAPRADE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 16 | MARIE-NOËLLE POIRIEUX, MÉDECIN · AMEL FAZLI, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN BARBIER, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MARCOUX, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE GRIS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 16 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 5 | SNC PHARMACIE DE BEAUREGARD · PHARMACIE DES COMTES DU FOREZ · PHARMACIE PRINCIPALE ROCHE · PHARMACIE BAILLY HENRI · PHARMACIE NOTRE DAME | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | MONTBRISON BEAUREGARD AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - MONTBRISON · 42 - DIRECTION DÉPARTEMENTALE DU LIVRE ET DU MULTIMÉDIA SITE MONTBRISON | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINÉMA REX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF BEAUREGARD · FAM LES IRIS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 9 | CREDIT MUTUEL DE MONTBRISON · MONTBRISON BEAUREGARD · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 38 | BOTELLA MARIE-HELENE · DORAL · COIFF'STYL | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 45 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL RESTAURANT LE PASS'PLAT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE SURIZET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6,7]
Trajectory
Population 15,414 (2012) → 16,123 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. [8,1]
Population 14,064 (1990) → 16,123 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. [9,1]
Dwellings (2023): 8,848, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [10]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montbrison): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Food shop (Montbrison): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
GP (Montbrison): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Montbrison): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Montbrison): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the SAVIGNEUX weather station, 2.3 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 393 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 17.1 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SAVIGNEUX, 2.3 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42147/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/fd198ed4-70b1-3c7b-8d27-b7b1860335f4— “Marché”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ea5ad797-c624-3429-b924-48dc4fba0302— “Marché de Beauregard”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/dba0f67e-1142-37f3-98e2-bf417f24f8f4— “Marché de Moingt”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42147/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42147/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42147/logement/2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaillac | 81 | 255 km SW | 16,162 | 69.4 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pamiers | 09 | 339 km SW | 16,473 | 69.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 30 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vendôme | 41 | 334 km NW | 15,758 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fos-sur-Mer | 13 | 249 km S | 15,862 | 61.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 % |
| Rumilly | 74 | 149 km E | 16,442 | 65 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domont | 95 | 402 km N | 16,065 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumilly | 74 | 149 km E | 16,442 | 65 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fos-sur-Mer | 13 | 249 km S | 15,862 | 61.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 % |
| Gaillac | 81 | 255 km SW | 16,162 | 69.4 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vendôme | 41 | 334 km NW | 15,758 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pamiers | 09 | 339 km SW | 16,473 | 69.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 30 % · humidity 64 % |
| Domont | 95 | 402 km N | 16,065 | 57.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · 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 Montbrison'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesoul | 70 | 275 km NE | 15,078 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 43 | 64 km S | 18,540 | 77.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bonneville | 74 | 189 km E | 13,335 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valserhône | 01 | 147 km NE | 16,712 | 64 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 21 | 206 km NE | 11,108 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quetigny | 21 | 206 km NE | 8,971 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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