Rivas

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42185

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rivas (INSEE 42185) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 747 (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/42185-rivas

Vitality score

Vitality score 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,065 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDGARD MEYER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDGARD MEYER	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 163 2023: 747 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 531 (2012) → 747 (2023): 40.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 397 (1990) → 747 (2023): 88.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 0.8 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km WFood shop — 1.6 km WGP — 2.9 km NPharmacy — 3.6 km SE 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 (Craintilleux): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Craintilleux): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cuzieu): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Veauche): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rivas): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.4

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON weather station, 5.7 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 354 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 5.7 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 5.7 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42185/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42185/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42185/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42185/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42081
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42323
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42185
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
Barbery	14	515 km NW	760	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Nerville-la-Forêt	95	417 km N	756	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Pommérieux	57	406 km N	755	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plessier-Rozainvillers	80	480 km N	753	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Fay	72	417 km NW	751	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Tillenay	21	197 km NE	743	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tillenay	21	197 km NE	743	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Pommérieux	57	406 km N	755	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fay	72	417 km NW	751	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Nerville-la-Forêt	95	417 km N	756	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Le Plessier-Rozainvillers	80	480 km N	753	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Barbery	14	515 km NW	760	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · 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 Rivas'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
Tillenay	21	197 km NE	743	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vandeins	01	95 km NE	732	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	95 km N	684	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lessard-le-National	71	149 km N	662	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Esbarres	21	184 km NE	689	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Menthonnex-sous-Clermont	74	137 km E	811	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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