Pinay

Identity

Pinay (INSEE 42171) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 286 (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/42171-pinay

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,713 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 275 (2012) → 286 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 286 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 12.6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Neulise): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Balbigny): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neulise): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neulise): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pinay): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NEULISE weather station, 4.9 km away at 557 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[11]

The village sits 143 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NEULISE, 4.9 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 143 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NEULISE, 4.9 km away at 557 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42171/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42171/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42171/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42171/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42156
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42011
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42171
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024