Sail-sous-Couzan

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42195

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

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sail-sous-Couzan (INSEE 42195) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 997 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42195-sail-sous-couzan

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 14,336 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.43	10	4.34
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON DURAND · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DELORME). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE GOURMANDE · LA SARRAZINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA FONTAINE DE COUZAN). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAIL-SOUS-COUZAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR NATUREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MAISON DURAND · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DELORME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	L'ESCALE GOURMANDE · LA SARRAZINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA FONTAINE DE COUZAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE BOURG PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 - SAIL-SOUS-COUZAN	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	L'HAIR NATUREL	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]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,544 2023: 997 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 946 (2012) → 997 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,068 (1990) → 997 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 13.2 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 2.7 km NEFood shop — 2.8 km NE 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 (Sail-sous-Couzan): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Boën-sur-Lignon): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Boën-sur-Lignon): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sail-sous-Couzan): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sail-sous-Couzan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.7

Days at or below 0 °C 63.2

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOEN-LIGN - MAN weather station, 3.6 km away at 447 m; the village itself is at 417 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 3.6 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOEN-LIGN - MAN, 3.6 km away at 447 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 — 42195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/03e6590e-4c07-3c4f-98de-4bf85811d640— “Marché”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42019
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 Ronde	17	374 km W	997	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Genou	36	242 km NW	911	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Roisey	42	67 km SE	1,014	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Vicomté-sur-Rance	22	544 km NW	1,149	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
La Ville-ès-Nonais	35	546 km NW	1,233	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Vimory	45	265 km N	1,099	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roisey	42	67 km SE	1,014	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genou	36	242 km NW	911	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Vimory	45	265 km N	1,099	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Ronde	17	374 km W	997	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 %
La Vicomté-sur-Rance	22	544 km NW	1,149	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
La Ville-ès-Nonais	35	546 km NW	1,233	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 42 % · 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 Sail-sous-Couzan'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
Los Masos	66	367 km S	966	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Allier	03	117 km NW	1,024	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Frette	38	115 km E	1,083	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ainay-le-Château	03	146 km NW	989	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne	42	34 km N	1,170	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sardieu	38	105 km E	1,193	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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