Saint-Just-la-Pendue

Loire · CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône · INSEE 42249

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

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Just-la-Pendue (INSEE 42249) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône. Population 1,635 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 11,001 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.62	10	6.15
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LACROIX TRADITION · ONE DAY, ONE CAKE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SYNC DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (GRZELAK GIPSIE · LA PART DES AUTRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE RUE 11 NOVEMBRE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE CASTAINGS-CHABANNE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK PISANI, MÉDECIN · BERNARD CHABANNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JUST LA PENDUE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-JUST-LA-PENDUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE · LE 107). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LACROIX TRADITION · ONE DAY, ONE CAKE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SYNC DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	GRZELAK GIPSIE · LA PART DES AUTRES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE RUE 11 NOVEMBRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LAURENCE CASTAINGS-CHABANNE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK PISANI, MÉDECIN · BERNARD CHABANNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT JUST LA PENDUE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-JUST-LA-PENDUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	L'ATELIER COIFFURE · LE 107	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,810 2023: 1,635 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,635 (2012) → 1,635 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,466 (1990) → 1,635 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 907, of which 5.2 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.8 km W 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-Just-la-Pendue): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neulise): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Just-la-Pendue): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 59.1

Muggy days a summer 10.2▸

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEULISE weather station, 5.1 km away at 557 m; the village itself is at 569 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at NEULISE, 5.1 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BUSSIERES, 4.3 km away at 514 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 — 42249/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42249/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42249/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42249/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42156
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
Féchain	59	492 km N	1,635	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Loup-Géanges	71	128 km NE	1,633	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune	71	111 km N	1,533	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Rohan	56	583 km NW	1,526	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Fontaine-la-Guyon	28	363 km NW	1,684	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt	02	404 km N	1,697	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune	71	111 km N	1,533	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Loup-Géanges	71	128 km NE	1,633	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Fontaine-la-Guyon	28	363 km NW	1,684	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt	02	404 km N	1,697	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 %
Féchain	59	492 km N	1,635	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Rohan	56	583 km NW	1,526	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %

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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-Just-la-Pendue'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
Neulise	42	4.7 km W	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Lestra	42	21 km SE	947	70.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Magland	74	185 km E	3,220	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villemontais	42	24 km NW	1,042	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Alban-les-Eaux	42	27 km NW	912	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Charenton-du-Cher	18	154 km NW	984	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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