Saint-Genest-Malifaux

Loire · CC des Monts du Pilat · INSEE 42224

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

Served 76.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Genest-Malifaux (INSEE 42224) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Monts du Pilat. Population 2,921 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/42224-saint-genest-malifaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 76.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 100 % of the 7,276 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	0.78	25	19.39
Social	0.95	20	19.07
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.73	10	7.25
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES M.N · LA BOULE DE NEIGE · L'EPI DU PILAT). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DMR · BOUCHERIE DU PILAT). ^[3,4]

5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GIANA DISTRIBUTION · PETIT CASINO · PILAT FRAIS · CREMERIE 1960 · VRAC & BIO). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU SAPT - CAVE DU SAPT · LES TOQUES GENESIENS · BISTROT DE L'EDEN). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (L'EDEN · LA TABLE DU PROMENEUR). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG L'ETANG · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA REPUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT REGIS). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNICK TROUILLET, MÉDECIN · YVES BATAILLON, MÉDECIN · MARIE RICHARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ST GENEST MALIFAUX). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE GRAINE DE CULTURE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (ESPACE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA CROIX DU GARRY). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HARMONY'M). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA DILIGENCE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AUX DELICES M.N · LA BOULE DE NEIGE · L'EPI DU PILAT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE DMR · BOUCHERIE DU PILAT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	5	GIANA DISTRIBUTION · PETIT CASINO · PILAT FRAIS · CREMERIE 1960 · VRAC & BIO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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	9	AUBERGE DU SAPT - CAVE DU SAPT · LES TOQUES GENESIENS · BISTROT DE L'EDEN	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	L'EDEN · LA TABLE DU PROMENEUR	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG L'ETANG · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA REPUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT REGIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ANNICK TROUILLET, MÉDECIN · YVES BATAILLON, MÉDECIN · MARIE RICHARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ST GENEST MALIFAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE GRAINE DE CULTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	ESPACE JULES VERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA CROIX DU GARRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	HARMONY'M	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LA DILIGENCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	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: 1,749 2023: 2,921 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,918 (2012) → 2,921 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,384 (1990) → 2,921 (2023): 22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,568, of which 15.9 % second homes and 3.9 % 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-Genest-Malifaux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Genest-Malifaux): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Genest-Malifaux): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Genest-Malifaux): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Genest-Malifaux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.9

Days at or below 0 °C 85.2

Muggy days a summer 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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COL REPUBLIQUE weather station, 4.2 km away at 1,071 m; the village itself is at 967 m. ^[9]

The village sits 104 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at COL REPUBLIQUE, 4.2 km away at 1,071 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 104 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,058 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at COL REPUBLIQUE, 4.2 km away at 1,071 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 — 42224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42224
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
L'Île-d'Olonne	85	498 km W	2,802	64.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Messery	74	184 km NE	2,474	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Coulomb	35	607 km NW	2,969	62.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 %
Jarzé Villages	49	433 km NW	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Chauvé	44	532 km NW	3,070	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 9 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	622 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Messery	74	184 km NE	2,474	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Jarzé Villages	49	433 km NW	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
L'Île-d'Olonne	85	498 km W	2,802	64.5	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Chauvé	44	532 km NW	3,070	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 9 %
Saint-Coulomb	35	607 km NW	2,969	62.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 12 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	622 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Genest-Malifaux'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
Marlhes	42	6.7 km S	1,312	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Usson-en-Forez	42	38 km W	1,455	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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