La Côte-Saint-Didier
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Côte-Saint-Didier (INSEE 42217) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 520 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: La Côte-en-Couzan (42072). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 57 % of the 17,720 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.21 | 5 | 1.05 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [4,5]
1 × Restaurant (L'EMPORTE CREPE). [4,5]
3 × Café / bar (LA CAVERNE · LES TROIS TEMPS). [5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DIDIER SUR ROCHEFORT AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-DIDIER-SUR-ROCHEFORT). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (KARINE COIFFURE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | L'EMPORTE CREPE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LA CAVERNE · LES TROIS TEMPS | INSEE SIRENE 3 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT DIDIER SUR ROCHEFORT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-DIDIER-SUR-ROCHEFORT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | KARINE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 486 (2012) → 520 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 509 (1990) → 520 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 448, of which 39.5 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Noirétable): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Vêtre-sur-Anzon): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Noirétable): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Sail-sous-Couzan): 11.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre): 3 km to the west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the COL DE LA LOGE_SAPC weather station, 7.3 km away at 1,261 m; the village itself is at 720 m. [13]
The village sits 541 m below 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at CHALMAZEL, 9.8 km away at 855 m, over 10 summers. [13]
That station sits 135 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 1,202 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at NOIRETABLE, 6.7 km away at 714 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42217/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42217/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42217/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42217/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42159
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42245
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42195
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42238
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crozant | 23 | 184 km W | 431 | 28.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vebret | 15 | 115 km SW | 516 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 80 % |
| Écuras | 16 | 255 km W | 579 | 25.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Azerat | 24 | 224 km W | 463 | 35 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Plantaire | 36 | 183 km NW | 601 | 31.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marval | 87 | 237 km W | 499 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vebret | 15 | 115 km SW | 516 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 80 % |
| Saint-Plantaire | 36 | 183 km NW | 601 | 31.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crozant | 23 | 184 km W | 431 | 28.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Azerat | 24 | 224 km W | 463 | 35 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 % |
| Marval | 87 | 237 km W | 499 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Écuras | 16 | 255 km W | 579 | 25.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · 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 La Côte-Saint-Didier'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cressat | 23 | 140 km W | 512 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Reffuveille | 50 | 492 km NW | 550 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Miremont | 63 | 88 km W | 300 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cour-Maugis sur Huisne | 61 | 378 km NW | 583 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Brisson | 58 | 166 km N | 252 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chaussenac | 15 | 140 km SW | 218 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
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