Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42238

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 22.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre (INSEE 42238) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 303 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

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 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,846 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	3.96
Housing mix	0.14	5	0.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA GARGOTTE FUMANTE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST JEAN LA VETRE AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (ADDOUT NORA). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LA GARGOTTE FUMANTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ST JEAN LA VETRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	ADDOUT NORA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 477 2023: 303 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 340 (2012) → 303 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 338 (1990) → 303 (2023): -10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 318, of which 43.1 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km NEGP — 4.0 km NWBakery — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 12.9 km NW 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 (Noirétable): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vêtre-sur-Anzon): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Noirétable): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chabreloche): 12.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.6

Days at or below 0 °C 59

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COL DE LA LOGE_SAPC weather station, 5.4 km away at 1,261 m; the village itself is at 693 m. ^[12]

The village sits 568 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHALMAZEL, 10 km away at 855 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 162 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,202 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NOIRETABLE, 4.4 km away at 714 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42159
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42245
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63072
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
Troo	41	318 km NW	309	27.4	Few services	no figures
Le Gault-du-Perche	41	334 km NW	320	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Gavaudun	47	266 km SW	302	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
La Penne	06	323 km SE	254	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
La Nouaille	23	135 km W	224	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-le-Petit	87	163 km W	290	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Nouaille	23	135 km W	224	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-le-Petit	87	163 km W	290	16	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Gavaudun	47	266 km SW	302	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Troo	41	318 km NW	309	27.4	Few services	no figures
La Penne	06	323 km SE	254	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gault-du-Perche	41	334 km NW	320	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Jean-la-Vêtre'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
Le Gault-du-Perche	41	334 km NW	320	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Ranrupt	67	386 km NE	312	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Aunay-en-Bazois	58	148 km N	231	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pazy	58	161 km N	293	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-en-Morvan	58	151 km N	308	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Argenvilliers	28	350 km NW	310	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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