Saint-Joseph

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42242

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

Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Joseph (INSEE 42242) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 1,996 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42242-saint-joseph

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 9,641 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.91	10	9.12
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RV-VANILLE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (CAFE CERISE · LA BELLA PIAZZA · TERRAIN NEUTRE · SMALL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARGUERITE COUCHOUD). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - SAINT JOSEPH 1 PLACE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MUNICIPAL ROBERT JULIEN LA FARAVELLE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	RV-VANILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	CAFE CERISE · LA BELLA PIAZZA · TERRAIN NEUTRE · SMALL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARGUERITE COUCHOUD	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 JOSEPH 1 PLACE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF MUNICIPAL ROBERT JULIEN LA FARAVELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,147 2023: 1,996 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,919 (2012) → 1,996 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,414 (1990) → 1,996 (2023): 41.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 847, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km WGP — 2.2 km SWPharmacy — 2.2 km SWBakery — 2.3 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-Martin-la-Plaine): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Joseph): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Martin-la-Plaine): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-la-Plaine): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Joseph): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.1

Days at or below 0 °C 37.9

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CELLIEU weather station, 6.7 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 374 m. ^[10]

The village sits 119 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CELLIEU, 6.7 km away at 493 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 119 m above 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 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GENILAC, 4.7 km away at 292 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42242/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42242/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42242/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42242/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42242
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
Lorgies	62	574 km N	1,651	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 77 %
Misérieux	01	49 km N	2,008	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 58 %
Eteaux	74	142 km NE	2,180	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Cheptainville	91	378 km NW	2,204	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	35 km NE	1,247	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier	76	506 km NW	1,674	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	35 km NE	1,247	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Misérieux	01	49 km N	2,008	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 58 %
Eteaux	74	142 km NE	2,180	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Cheptainville	91	378 km NW	2,204	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier	76	506 km NW	1,674	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lorgies	62	574 km N	1,651	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 77 %

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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-Joseph'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
Simandres	69	21 km E	1,918	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cellieu	42	7.0 km SW	1,731	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Farnay	42	7.2 km S	1,355	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-Nuelles	69	33 km N	2,246	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Serpaize	38	23 km E	2,091	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Charnècles	38	75 km E	1,517	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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