Poncins

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42174

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poncins (INSEE 42174) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 1,318 (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/42174-poncins

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 12,567 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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]

3 × Café / bar (LA BISTROTIERE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - PONCINS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 579 2023: 1,318 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 955 (2012) → 1,318 (2023): 38 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 679 (1990) → 1,318 (2023): 94.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 569, of which 5.6 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.7 km EBakery — 4.8 km EFood shop — 4.8 km EPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Feurs): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Feurs): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Feurs): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Feurs): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Poncins): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 70.1

Muggy days a summer 18.6▸

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FEURS - MAN weather station, 4.6 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 344 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 5.8 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FEURS - MAN, 4.6 km away at 332 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42174
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
Saint-Maxire	79	366 km W	1,319	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	528 km NW	1,212	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Brens	01	119 km E	1,123	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Perreux	56	524 km NW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Tréglamus	22	644 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	512 km NW	1,081	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brens	01	119 km E	1,123	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Maxire	79	366 km W	1,319	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	512 km NW	1,081	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Perreux	56	524 km NW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Ponts sur Seulles	14	528 km NW	1,212	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Tréglamus	22	644 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Poncins'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
Valeille	42	11 km E	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cleppé	42	5.1 km N	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Salt-en-Donzy	42	10 km E	535	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chambéon	42	3.5 km S	665	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	6.4 km S	555	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche	42	6.0 km SE	573	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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