Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse

Loire · CA Roannais Agglomération · INSEE 42220

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

Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse (INSEE 42220) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 590 (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/42220-saint-forgeux-lespinasse

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,186 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.18
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE- SAINT-FORGEUX-LESPINASSE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ESCOFFIER HONORINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE EDITH PIAF	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE- SAINT-FORGEUX-LESPINASSE	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	2	ESCOFFIER HONORINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 437 peak 2017: 646 2023: 590 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 563 (2012) → 590 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 416 (1990) → 590 (2023): 41.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 1.1 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km SEPharmacy — 3.2 km SEFood shop — 3.3 km SWGP — 3.4 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 (Saint-Germain-Lespinasse): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambierle): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambierle): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Lespinasse): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 56.4

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA PACAUDIERE weather station, 7.6 km away at 351 m; the village itself is at 324 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ROANNE-RIORGES_AERO, 9.5 km away at 337 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA PACAUDIERE, 7.6 km away at 351 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 — 42220/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42220/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42220/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42220/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42220
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
Origny-le-Sec	10	261 km N	604	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Volckerinckhove	59	538 km N	573	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Goos	40	464 km SW	531	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Clarac	31	426 km SW	672	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Crozes-Hermitage	26	135 km SE	660	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Weyer	67	389 km NE	509	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crozes-Hermitage	26	135 km SE	660	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Origny-le-Sec	10	261 km N	604	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Weyer	67	389 km NE	509	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Clarac	31	426 km SW	672	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Goos	40	464 km SW	531	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 %
Volckerinckhove	59	538 km N	573	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Forgeux-Lespinasse'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
Chagey	70	270 km NE	596	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Boinville-le-Gaillard	78	306 km NW	597	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ebersmunster	67	365 km NE	574	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnil-Sellières	10	248 km N	568	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-du-Bois	72	344 km NW	768	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Morschwiller	67	409 km NE	611	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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