Pralong

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42179

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

Partly served 41.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pralong (INSEE 42179) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 842 (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/42179-pralong

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 15,348 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.87	10	8.71
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EURL BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE FAURAND). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	1	EURL BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE FAURAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 - PRALONG	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: 322 peak 2012: 883 2023: 842 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 883 (2012) → 842 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 614 (1990) → 842 (2023): 37.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 382, of which 2.6 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km SEBakery — 2.5 km SEGP — 2.6 km SEPharmacy — 6.3 km S 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 (Champdieu): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pralong): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Champdieu): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montbrison): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 83.4

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAVIGNEUX weather station, 5.9 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 432 m. ^[11]

The village sits 62 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 10.3 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNEUX, 5.9 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42147
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
Perrex	01	98 km NE	869	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 54 %
Izier	21	201 km NE	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Meys	69	28 km E	861	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Bournand	86	342 km NW	914	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Villechétif	10	294 km N	947	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Nieurlet	59	584 km N	908	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 42 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Meys	69	28 km E	861	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Perrex	01	98 km NE	869	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 54 %
Izier	21	201 km NE	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villechétif	10	294 km N	947	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Bournand	86	342 km NW	914	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Nieurlet	59	584 km N	908	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 42 %

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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 Pralong'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
Izier	21	201 km NE	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mûres	74	157 km E	870	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mésigny	74	157 km E	804	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	3.2 km E	696	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Witternheim	67	401 km NE	508	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Berzé-la-Ville	71	94 km NE	708	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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