Pradines

Loire · CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône · INSEE 42178

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

Partly served 46.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pradines (INSEE 42178) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône. Population 918 (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/42178-pradines

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 14,849 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (D-P ELITT'IS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LES P'TITES PECHERIES TREMBLADAISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (CAMILIA'R). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	D-P ELITT'IS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LES P'TITES PECHERIES TREMBLADAISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 - PRADINES	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	3	CAMILIA'R	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 483 2023: 918 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 748 (2012) → 918 (2023): 22.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 604 (1990) → 918 (2023): 52 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 382, of which 3.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.2 km EBakery — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Régny): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pradines): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Régny): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Régny): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pradines): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 74.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PERREUX weather station, 6 km away at 297 m; the village itself is at 435 m. ^[10]

The village sits 138 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PERREUX, 6 km away at 297 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 138 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTAGNY, 4.1 km away at 460 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 — 42178/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42178/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42178/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42178/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42178
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
Noyal	22	572 km NW	985	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Ravel	63	65 km W	739	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Chemilly-sur-Yonne	89	216 km N	887	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Somloire	49	384 km W	884	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 35 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	453 km NW	950	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Léguillac-de-l'Auche	24	296 km W	968	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ravel	63	65 km W	739	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Chemilly-sur-Yonne	89	216 km N	887	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Léguillac-de-l'Auche	24	296 km W	968	55.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 %
Somloire	49	384 km W	884	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 35 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	453 km NW	950	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Noyal	22	572 km NW	985	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 36 % · 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 Pradines'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
Précieux	42	46 km S	1,042	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz	73	141 km SE	1,107	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sarcey	69	32 km SE	980	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Deschaux	39	147 km NE	1,036	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Neufgrange	57	406 km NE	1,364	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Pommier-de-Beaurepaire	38	99 km SE	731	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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