Pouilly-sous-Charlieu

Loire · CC Charlieu-Belmont · INSEE 42177

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 57.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pouilly-sous-Charlieu (INSEE 42177) is in Loire (42), part of CC Charlieu-Belmont. Population 2,588 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 57.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 86 % of the 8,034 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.13
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL DUPRE · LE PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · JUST'INE PETITE PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LAMURE · L'EMPREINTE CHAROLLAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE CAFE DE LA GARE · LILO'S PIZZA · LE MIAM'S · RESTAURANT DE LA LOIRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES GUYONNET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PLAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - POUILLY-SOUS-CHARLIEU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF LES ILOTS). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (O ROUGE ECRIN · LE SALON DE B@ · COLOR'TIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SARL DUPRE · LE PAIN D'AUTREFOIS · JUST'INE PETITE PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	SARL LAMURE · L'EMPREINTE CHAROLLAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE CAFE DE LA GARE · LILO'S PIZZA · LE MIAM'S · RESTAURANT DE LA LOIRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BOURG PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GILLES GUYONNET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PLAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - POUILLY-SOUS-CHARLIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF LES ILOTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	8	O ROUGE ECRIN · LE SALON DE B@ · COLOR'TIF	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,529 peak 1982: 2,973 2023: 2,588 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,534 (2012) → 2,588 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,834 (1990) → 2,588 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,397, of which 1.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.7

Days at or below 0 °C 75.9

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHARLIEU weather station, 5.6 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 264 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHARLIEU, 5.6 km away at 278 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHARLIEU, 5.6 km away at 278 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42177/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/76167392-66e0-30d0-aa5e-faf79dbb7339— “Tous les dimanches matins en face de la mairie.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42177/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42177/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42177/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42177
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
Avelin	59	494 km N	2,561	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais	28	346 km NW	2,641	68.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Carignan	08	396 km N	2,680	66.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chalamont	01	84 km E	2,533	63.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Criquetot-l'Esneval	76	483 km NW	2,668	62.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Brienne-le-Château	10	252 km N	2,672	66.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalamont	01	84 km E	2,533	63.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Brienne-le-Château	10	252 km N	2,672	66.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais	28	346 km NW	2,641	68.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Carignan	08	396 km N	2,680	66.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Criquetot-l'Esneval	76	483 km NW	2,668	62.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Avelin	59	494 km N	2,561	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Pouilly-sous-Charlieu'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
Charolles	71	35 km N	2,772	72.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montholon	89	201 km N	2,709	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aigueperse	63	71 km W	2,665	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs	38	131 km SE	3,425	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Félix	74	149 km E	2,439	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rioz	70	206 km NE	2,398	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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