Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges

Identity

Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges (INSEE 42213) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 304 (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/42213-saint-cyr-de-valorges

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,890 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

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 339 (2012) → 304 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 304 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 179, of which 15.1 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

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

Food shop (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Violay): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MACHEZAL weather station, 4.3 km away at 608 m; the village itself is at 662 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NEULISE, 10 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 105 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MACHEZAL, 4.3 km away at 608 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42213/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42213/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42213/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42213/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42063
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42249
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42334
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42213
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024