Saint-André-d'Apchon

Loire · CA Roannais Agglomération · INSEE 42199

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

Partly served 50.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-André-d'Apchon (INSEE 42199) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 1,966 (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/42199-saint-andre-d-apchon

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 9,733 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.64	10	6.43
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAISON GRAVIERE · VIVAL ST ANDRE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE · CROC POULET · LES SAVEURS DE JOHANN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE D'ALBON). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LE BOURG). ^[3]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOLÈNE NORET, MÉDECIN · FRÉDÉRIC POLIA, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME SEILLIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT ANDRE D APCHON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ANDRE D APCHON LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE- SAINT-ANDRÉ-D'APCHON). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (INFRAMECHES · L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	MAISON GRAVIERE · VIVAL ST ANDRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	BAR RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE · CROC POULET · LES SAVEURS DE JOHANN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE D'ALBON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LE BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	SOLÈNE NORET, MÉDECIN · FRÉDÉRIC POLIA, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME SEILLIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT ANDRE D APCHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT ANDRE D APCHON LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE- SAINT-ANDRÉ-D'APCHON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	INFRAMECHES · L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,154 2023: 1,966 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,917 (2012) → 1,966 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,720 (1990) → 1,966 (2023): 14.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 950, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-André-d'Apchon): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-André-d'Apchon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-André-d'Apchon): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-André-d'Apchon): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-André-d'Apchon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.5

Days at or below 0 °C 54.1

Muggy days a summer 13▸

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-ANDRE-APCHON weather station, 0.7 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 402 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-ANDRE-APCHON, 0.7 km away at 380 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-ANDRE-APCHON, 0.7 km away at 380 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2019-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/867004a8-cec0-3bae-a536-e1070bd78062— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42199
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
Tavel	30	232 km S	2,083	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Longueil-Sainte-Marie	60	381 km N	1,895	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
La Ménitré	49	355 km NW	2,079	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 %
Courçon	17	366 km W	2,091	55.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %
Chilleurs-aux-Bois	45	265 km NW	2,084	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Port-Brillet	53	438 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tavel	30	232 km S	2,083	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 %
Chilleurs-aux-Bois	45	265 km NW	2,084	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
La Ménitré	49	355 km NW	2,079	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 21 %
Courçon	17	366 km W	2,091	55.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %
Longueil-Sainte-Marie	60	381 km N	1,895	56.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
Port-Brillet	53	438 km NW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Saint-André-d'Apchon'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
Bellegarde-en-Forez	42	51 km SE	2,019	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lentigny	42	5.5 km SE	1,794	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Renaison	42	2.3 km N	3,231	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ambierle	42	8.6 km N	1,865	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ogeu-les-Bains	64	476 km SW	1,290	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-les-Eaux	42	2.6 km S	912	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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