Précieux

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42180

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Précieux (INSEE 42180) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 1,042 (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/42180-precieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 30 % of the 14,087 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.86	10	8.64
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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) (NOELICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX VOYAGEURS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	NOELICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 - PRÉCIEUX	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	1	LES CISEAUX VOYAGEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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: 517 peak 2012: 1,059 2023: 1,042 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,059 (2012) → 1,042 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 764 (1990) → 1,042 (2023): 36.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 427, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km SWGP — 4.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.1 km SW 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 (Précieux): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Romain-le-Puy): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Romain-le-Puy): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Romain-le-Puy): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Précieux): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 82.1

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAVIGNEUX weather station, 7.1 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 374 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 12 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNEUX, 7.1 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42285
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
La Merlatière	85	440 km W	1,009	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Chevroux	01	108 km NE	990	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	493 km NW	950	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Montverdun	42	16 km NW	1,283	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	421 km N	825	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-sur-Nouère	16	319 km W	1,272	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montverdun	42	16 km NW	1,283	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Chevroux	01	108 km NE	990	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 %
Asnières-sur-Nouère	16	319 km W	1,272	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 71 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	421 km N	825	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
La Merlatière	85	440 km W	1,009	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Fontaine	76	493 km NW	950	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Précieux'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
Pradines	42	46 km N	918	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pajay	38	81 km E	1,036	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rochetoirin	38	99 km E	1,090	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Arceau	21	215 km N	980	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ornacieux-Balbins	38	85 km E	876	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sixte	42	25 km NW	669	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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