Saint-Héand
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Héand (INSEE 42234) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 3,665 (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 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42234-saint-heand
Vitality score
Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 21 % of the 6,060 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 6.97 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.53 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.11 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON DECHAVANNE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE JAMONT). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE KEBAB GOURMAND). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (L'EXPRESSO · LAPIZZAMIS · CAFE DES AUTOBUS · JEREMY BAR AND WINE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BEAUVALLON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE CATHOLIQUE MARIE COLLARD). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE JOSEPH COLLARD). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINA SOUFI, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE MAZAS, MÉDECIN · IVAN FENOGLIO, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BIRYNCZYK, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANE RAMBAUD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT HEAND AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - SAINT-HÉAND). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE JEAN VERNIER · ESPACE CONDELOUSE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT MAGIQUE · L'ATELIER DE DORIANE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON DECHAVANNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE JAMONT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 2 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS · INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | LE KEBAB GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | L'EXPRESSO · LAPIZZAMIS · CAFE DES AUTOBUS · JEREMY BAR AND WINE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE BEAUVALLON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE CATHOLIQUE MARIE COLLARD | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PRIVE JOSEPH COLLARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | MARINA SOUFI, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE MAZAS, MÉDECIN · IVAN FENOGLIO, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BIRYNCZYK, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANE RAMBAUD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU CENTRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT HEAND AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - SAINT-HÉAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | ESPACE JEAN VERNIER · ESPACE CONDELOUSE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | L'INSTANT MAGIQUE · L'ATELIER DE DORIANE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,535 (2012) → 3,665 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,625 (1990) → 3,665 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,769, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Héand): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Héand): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Héand): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Héand): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Héand): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON weather station, 6.5 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 676 m. [10]
The village sits 281 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 6.5 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 281 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 6.5 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42234/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/78ccb1bf-7279-3951-a5a1-68740c285f51— “Marché de producteurs le jeudi.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42234/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42234/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42234/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42234
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derval | 44 | 519 km NW | 3,601 | 46.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 38 % |
| Bouxwiller | 67 | 435 km NE | 3,754 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Noyal-Pontivy | 56 | 620 km NW | 3,606 | 49.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Échillais | 17 | 415 km W | 3,765 | 45.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 85 | 481 km W | 3,653 | 44.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 38 % |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 434 km N | 3,572 | 50.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échillais | 17 | 415 km W | 3,765 | 45.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 43 % |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 434 km N | 3,572 | 50.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouxwiller | 67 | 435 km NE | 3,754 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine | 85 | 481 km W | 3,653 | 44.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 38 % |
| Derval | 44 | 519 km NW | 3,601 | 46.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 38 % |
| Noyal-Pontivy | 56 | 620 km NW | 3,606 | 49.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · 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 Saint-Héand'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel | 02 | 488 km N | 3,199 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baccarat | 54 | 371 km NE | 4,089 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mihiel | 55 | 384 km N | 3,772 | 57.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise | 69 | 13 km NE | 3,785 | 52.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nantua | 01 | 118 km NE | 3,416 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 43 | 26 km S | 3,523 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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