Les Noës

Loire · CA Roannais Agglomération · INSEE 42158

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Noës (INSEE 42158) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 209 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 16,228 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.91	10	9.12
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DES NOES). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	L'AUBERGE DES NOES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 241 2023: 209 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 193 (2012) → 209 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 148 (1990) → 209 (2023): 41.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 131, of which 22.9 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.5 km NEBakery — 5.6 km EGP — 6.0 km EPharmacy — 6.2 km E 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 (Renaison): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Haon-le-Vieux): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Renaison): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Renaison): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Noës): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 69.5

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-ANDRE-APCHON weather station, 6.5 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 602 m. ^[12]

The village sits 222 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-ANDRE-APCHON, 6.5 km away at 380 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 222 m below 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 1,184 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LES NOES, 1.4 km away at 780 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 — 42158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2021-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9835fde0-7b18-37c6-abd9-e2d096f33b19— “Marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42182
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42158
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
Saillac	19	205 km SW	214	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Bors (Canton de Tude-et-Lavalette)	16	296 km W	223	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Vergisson	71	73 km NE	222	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Mouriez	62	498 km N	237	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Cessoy-en-Montois	77	279 km N	213	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Valette	15	130 km SW	236	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vergisson	71	73 km NE	222	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Valette	15	130 km SW	236	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Saillac	19	205 km SW	214	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Cessoy-en-Montois	77	279 km N	213	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Bors (Canton de Tude-et-Lavalette)	16	296 km W	223	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Mouriez	62	498 km N	237	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %

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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 Les Noës'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
Mancey	71	97 km NE	392	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Vers	71	98 km NE	234	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges	42	39 km SE	304	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Marols	42	64 km S	462	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rirand	42	3.9 km N	132	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Étrigny	71	95 km NE	482	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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