Saint-Galmier

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42222

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

Served 61.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Galmier (INSEE 42222) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 5,829 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42222-saint-galmier

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 4,049 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	0.44	25	11.07
Social	0.84	20	16.75
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.86	10	8.64
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TARTINE DE PAIN · PATISSERIE SYLVAIN BRUSQ · L'ATELIER DU PAIN · MAISON DUSSAP - ST GALMIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DELORME). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ASUPER 5). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (LA CHAUMIERE · CHEZ OSMAN · BIENVENUE CHEZ MEME · LA CHARPINIERE · S.M.C). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE MELTI-BAR · LA BRASSERIE DE SAINT GALMIER). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA COLOMBE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE 2089T). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES ROMAINS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE STEPHANIE). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE TERRACOL, MÉDECIN · PAULINE GARCIA, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE BERTHOUZE, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE FERRIOL-MARDUEL, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE BADAROUX-BARTHELEMY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CROM RANCHOUX · PHARMACIE DES SOURCES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Cinema (LE COLISEE). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (STADE BENOIT ROLLES · HIPPODROME · GYMNASE DE LA ROSE DES VENTS). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE · CREDIT LYONNAIS). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (CAHIN CAHA · MECH'CREATION COWORKING · COIFFURE VALERIE J). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE DU FOREZ · HOTEL LA CHARPINIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	TARTINE DE PAIN · PATISSERIE SYLVAIN BRUSQ · L'ATELIER DU PAIN · MAISON DUSSAP - ST GALMIER	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DELORME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ASUPER 5	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	13	LA CHAUMIERE · CHEZ OSMAN · BIENVENUE CHEZ MEME · LA CHARPINIERE · S.M.C	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE MELTI-BAR · LA BRASSERIE DE SAINT GALMIER	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA COLOMBE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE 2089T	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE JULES ROMAINS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINTE STEPHANIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	PHILIPPE TERRACOL, MÉDECIN · PAULINE GARCIA, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE BERTHOUZE, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE FERRIOL-MARDUEL, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE BADAROUX-BARTHELEMY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE CROM RANCHOUX · PHARMACIE DES SOURCES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-GALMIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE COLISEE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	STADE BENOIT ROLLES · HIPPODROME · GYMNASE DE LA ROSE DES VENTS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · SOCIETE GENERALE · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE · CREDIT LYONNAIS	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	7	CAHIN CAHA · MECH'CREATION COWORKING · COIFFURE VALERIE J	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOSTELLERIE DU FOREZ · HOTEL LA CHARPINIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,910 2023: 5,829 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,646 (2012) → 5,829 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,272 (1990) → 5,829 (2023): 36.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,833, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

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-Galmier): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Galmier): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Galmier): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Galmier): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Galmier): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON weather station, 5.3 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 436 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 5.3 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 5.3 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42222
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
La Gorgue	59	574 km N	5,616	57.8	Partly served	no figures
Baisieux	59	564 km N	5,545	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Thyez	74	181 km E	6,309	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Changé	53	478 km NW	6,502	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Vezin-le-Coquet	35	541 km NW	6,471	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Schweighouse-sur-Moder	67	442 km NE	5,182	61	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thyez	74	181 km E	6,309	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Schweighouse-sur-Moder	67	442 km NE	5,182	61	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Changé	53	478 km NW	6,502	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Vezin-le-Coquet	35	541 km NW	6,471	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Baisieux	59	564 km N	5,545	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
La Gorgue	59	574 km N	5,616	57.8	Partly served	no figures

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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-Galmier'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
Villemandeur	45	294 km NW	7,078	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Poinçonnet	36	239 km NW	5,855	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Marsannay-la-Côte	21	194 km N	5,433	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Châtenoy-le-Royal	71	139 km N	6,267	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vaugneray	69	31 km NE	6,304	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sury-le-Comtal	42	12 km SW	6,621	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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