Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy

Identity

Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy (INSEE 42196) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 121 (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/42196-sainte-agathe-en-donzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 12,255 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 113 (2012) → 121 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 118 (1990) → 121 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 83, of which 18.1 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bussières): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Néronde): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bussières): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bussières): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montchal): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROZIER-EN-DONZY weather station, 4.4 km away at 530 m; the village itself is at 683 m. ^[11]

The village sits 153 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROZIER-EN-DONZY, 4.4 km away at 530 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 153 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PANISSIERES, 4.3 km away at 614 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42196/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42196/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42196/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42196/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42029
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42154
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42148
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024