Vêtre-sur-Anzon

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42245

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vêtre-sur-Anzon (INSEE 42245) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 564 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Thurin (42291). ^[3]

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/42245-vetre-sur-anzon

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,408 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.86	5	4.32
Population trend	0.31	10	3.12
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE LA VETRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JULIEN LA VETRE AP · SAINT THURIN AP). ^[4]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - VÊTRE-SUR-ANZON ST THURIN · BIBLIOTHÈQUE - VÊTRE-SUR-ANZON (SAINT THURIN). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE LA VETRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	SAINT JULIEN LA VETRE AP · SAINT THURIN AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	2	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - VÊTRE-SUR-ANZON ST THURIN · BIBLIOTHÈQUE - VÊTRE-SUR-ANZON (SAINT THURIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 794 2023: 564 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 547 (2012) → 564 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 695 (1990) → 564 (2023): -18.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 428, of which 24.5 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.3 km SWBakery — 4.4 km NWGP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 12.1 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 (Les Salles): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vêtre-sur-Anzon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Noirétable): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Chabreloche): 12.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 52.9

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the COL DE LA LOGE_SAPC weather station, 8.6 km away at 1,261 m; the village itself is at 599 m. ^[14]

The village sits 662 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. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at ST-JUST-EN-CHEV, 10.6 km away at 612 m, over 10 summers. ^[14]

An average of 1,202 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at NOIRETABLE, 5 km away at 714 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42245/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42245/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42245/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42245/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42245
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42159
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
Saint-Denis	11	301 km SW	523	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mailly-le-Château	89	199 km N	514	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Guiche	71	94 km NE	594	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Isdes	45	239 km NW	524	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Chantecoq	45	257 km N	518	40	Partly served	no figures
Eynesse	33	307 km W	581	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Guiche	71	94 km NE	594	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Mailly-le-Château	89	199 km N	514	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Isdes	45	239 km NW	524	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Chantecoq	45	257 km N	518	40	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Denis	11	301 km SW	523	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Eynesse	33	307 km W	581	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 91 %

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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 Vêtre-sur-Anzon'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-Denis	11	301 km SW	523	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Piffonds	89	254 km N	582	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chapelle-Royale	28	334 km NW	333	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Laons	28	379 km NW	648	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gramond	12	207 km SW	551	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plottes	71	113 km NE	558	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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