Saint-Appolinard

Loire · CC du Pilat Rhodanien · INSEE 42201

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

Partly served 43.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Appolinard (INSEE 42201) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pilat Rhodanien. Population 704 (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/42201-saint-appolinard

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 16,378 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Supermarket (MULTISERVICES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (FERME AUBERGE DU VERNAT · LA GUINGUETTE DE PIZZALIZ). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT APPOLINARD RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-APPOLINARD). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (L'IDYLLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	MULTISERVICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	FERME AUBERGE DU VERNAT · LA GUINGUETTE DE PIZZALIZ	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	SAINT APPOLINARD RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-APPOLINARD	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	L'IDYLLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 352 2023: 704 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 617 (2012) → 704 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 427 (1990) → 704 (2023): 64.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 10.8 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NEGP — 3.2 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km SW 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 (Maclas): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Appolinard): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Appolinard): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 56.7

Muggy days a summer 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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BESSEY weather station, 5.9 km away at 425 m; the village itself is at 474 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BESSEY, 5.9 km away at 425 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BESSEY, 5.9 km away at 425 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 — 42201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42129
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42246
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
Rimaucourt	52	328 km N	609	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Liesle	25	211 km NE	558	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Amagne	08	464 km N	814	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bourneau	85	443 km W	710	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Cazedarnes	34	249 km SW	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Parmilieu	38	78 km NE	723	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parmilieu	38	78 km NE	723	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Liesle	25	211 km NE	558	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cazedarnes	34	249 km SW	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Rimaucourt	52	328 km N	609	33	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bourneau	85	443 km W	710	31.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Amagne	08	464 km N	814	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · 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 Saint-Appolinard'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
Villecerf	77	360 km N	724	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bannay	18	265 km NW	845	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-Saint-Cyr	89	311 km N	840	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fontvannes	10	332 km N	707	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Valfleury	42	24 km NW	739	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villabon	18	247 km NW	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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