Saint-Laurent-la-Conche

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42251

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

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent-la-Conche (INSEE 42251) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 573 (2023). ^[1]

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

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,307 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.33
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

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

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA CONCHE · DILANI BRYAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	AUBERGE DE LA CONCHE · DILANI BRYAN	INSEE BPE 2 / 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 PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 244 peak 2012: 608 2023: 573 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 608 (2012) → 573 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 573 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km SEBakery — 4.4 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 km SGP — 4.8 km S 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 (Montrond-les-Bains): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montrond-les-Bains): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montrond-les-Bains): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montrond-les-Bains): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent-la-Conche): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.7

Days at or below 0 °C 70.1

Muggy days a summer 18.6▸

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FEURS - MAN weather station, 5.5 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 343 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 6.3 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FEURS - MAN, 5.5 km away at 332 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42251/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/57dbef07-5f0f-3c81-834e-72ed0ee21df3— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42251/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42251/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42251/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42251
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
Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise	80	465 km N	569	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Rivolet	69	47 km NE	585	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Conteville-lès-Boulogne	62	592 km N	572	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Notre-Dame-de-Boisset	42	35 km N	571	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Nandax	42	46 km N	564	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
La Chapelle-au-Moine	61	494 km NW	586	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Notre-Dame-de-Boisset	42	35 km N	571	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Nandax	42	46 km N	564	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Rivolet	69	47 km NE	585	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 0 %
Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise	80	465 km N	569	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
La Chapelle-au-Moine	61	494 km NW	586	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Conteville-lès-Boulogne	62	592 km N	572	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Laurent-la-Conche'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
Marclopt	42	2.2 km S	552	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chambéon	42	2.9 km NW	665	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice	42	11 km NW	568	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	3.3 km SW	555	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cleppé	42	9.8 km N	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Salt-en-Donzy	42	8.5 km NE	535	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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