Périgneux

Identity

Périgneux (INSEE 42169) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 1,621 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42169-perigneux

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 11,062 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARCHE DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA DES P'TITS CIRCUITS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O'POIVRE & SEB). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PERIGNEUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE - PERIGNEUX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,410 (2012) → 1,621 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 896 (1990) → 1,621 (2023): 80.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 866, of which 8.4 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chambles): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Périgneux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 822 m; the village itself is at 640 m. ^[12]

The village sits 182 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 14 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 182 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 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 822 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42169/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42169/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42169/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42169/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42262
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42042
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42204
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42169
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024