La Ricamarie
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.1/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Ricamarie (INSEE 42183) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 8,039 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42183-la-ricamarie
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 67 % of the 3,021 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 | 0.48 | 25 | 12.01 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.31 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.58 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.28 | 10 | 2.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.96 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE BON PAIN STEPHANOIS · LE PAIN DORE · LA PALME D'OR · ESSID SAIF). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ABOUDOU OUMAR). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (EFE · CARREFOUR). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (DFC · RESTAURANT LA BOUCHERIE · PIZZA ROYALE · MCDONALD'S · LE SULTAN). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (ATNH). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE MONTRAMBERT · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE DU CENTRE). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MONTRAMBERT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE CLEMENCE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES VALLES). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (QUENTIN VASSELON, MÉDECIN · ANNE PLAGNARD, MÉDECIN · LUCIE BRETON, MÉDECIN · MARIE HIRIGOYEN, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BERAUDIERE · PHARMACIE DE LA RICAMARIE · PHARMACIE DE LA VERRERIE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE - LA RICAMARIE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS JULES VALLES · GYMNASE YOURI GAGARINE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (M N C COIFFURE · LA FEE DES COUPES). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (L'ACROPOLE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | LE BON PAIN STEPHANOIS · LE PAIN DORE · LA PALME D'OR · ESSID SAIF | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | ABOUDOU OUMAR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | EFE · CARREFOUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | DFC · RESTAURANT LA BOUCHERIE · PIZZA ROYALE · MCDONALD'S · LE SULTAN | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | ATNH | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE DE MONTRAMBERT · ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE DU CENTRE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE MONTRAMBERT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE CLEMENCE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE JULES VALLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | QUENTIN VASSELON, MÉDECIN · ANNE PLAGNARD, MÉDECIN · LUCIE BRETON, MÉDECIN · MARIE HIRIGOYEN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DE LA BERAUDIERE · PHARMACIE DE LA RICAMARIE · PHARMACIE DE LA VERRERIE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | MEDIATHEQUE - LA RICAMARIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | HALLE DES SPORTS JULES VALLES · GYMNASE YOURI GAGARINE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | M N C COIFFURE · LA FEE DES COUPES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | L'ACROPOLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 7,931 (2012) → 8,039 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 10,246 (1990) → 8,039 (2023): -21.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,681, of which 0.4 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Ricamarie): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Ricamarie): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (La Ricamarie): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Ricamarie): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Ricamarie): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SAINT-ETIENNE weather station, 3.5 km away at 640 m; the village itself is at 566 m. [10]
The village sits 74 m below 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SAINT-ETIENNE, 3.5 km away at 640 m, over 22 summers. [10]
That station sits 74 m above 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 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINT-ETIENNE, 3.5 km away at 640 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)
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42183/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2bf15641-53a0-3b14-a52c-587da9c8a8c3— “Jusqu'à nouvel ordre, le marche n'a lieu que le samedi matin, produits alimentaires uniquement”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42183/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42183/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42183/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42183
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libercourt | 62 | 573 km N | 7,973 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 88 % |
| Mazingarbe | 62 | 576 km N | 8,217 | 56 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 88 % |
| Courcelles-lès-Lens | 62 | 567 km N | 7,830 | 49 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 88 % |
| Cappelle-la-Grande | 59 | 639 km N | 7,839 | 53.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vern-sur-Seiche | 35 | 541 km NW | 8,207 | 61.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne | 91 | 378 km NW | 8,191 | 59.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne | 91 | 378 km NW | 8,191 | 59.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vern-sur-Seiche | 35 | 541 km NW | 8,207 | 61.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courcelles-lès-Lens | 62 | 567 km N | 7,830 | 49 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 88 % |
| Libercourt | 62 | 573 km N | 7,973 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 88 % |
| Mazingarbe | 62 | 576 km N | 8,217 | 56 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 88 % |
| Cappelle-la-Grande | 59 | 639 km N | 7,839 | 53.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · 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 La Ricamarie'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lure | 70 | 301 km NE | 7,877 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Unieux | 42 | 8.2 km W | 8,514 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Déols | 36 | 259 km NW | 7,600 | 58.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 71 | 106 km N | 8,227 | 58.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Molsheim | 67 | 422 km NE | 9,318 | 68.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin | 68 | 352 km NE | 7,012 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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