Saint-Martin-Lestra

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42261

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

Served 70.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-Lestra (INSEE 42261) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 947 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42261-saint-martin-lestra

Vitality score

Vitality score 70.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 14,674 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	0.58	25	14.41
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.48	10	4.75
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE CHRISTELLE ET BENOIT · PATISSERINES). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (C.L.B.VIANDES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ENTRE NOUS · MAXI PIZZ'). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PLATANES). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINE DUBOEUF, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIE VANHILLE, MÉDECIN · ALICE BUISSON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN LESTRA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE - SAINT-MARTIN-LESTRA). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON HAIR ACTUEL). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU FOURNIL DE CHRISTELLE ET BENOIT · PATISSERINES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	C.L.B.VIANDES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	ENTRE NOUS · MAXI PIZZ'	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PLATANES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARINE DUBOEUF, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIE VANHILLE, MÉDECIN · ALICE BUISSON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	1	SAINT MARTIN LESTRA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE - SAINT-MARTIN-LESTRA	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SALON HAIR ACTUEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 851 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 915 (2012) → 947 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 604 (1990) → 947 (2023): 56.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 482, of which 8.3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km WPharmacy — 8.2 km N 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-Lestra): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-Lestra): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Martin-Lestra): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Panissières): 8.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-Lestra): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 63.3

Muggy days a summer 10.4▸

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAZELLES-LYON weather station, 9.3 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 575 m. ^[10]

The village sits 57 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 10 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 9.5 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 228 m below 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 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHAZELLES-LYON, 9.3 km away at 632 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 — 42261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42165
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
Bâgé-le-Châtel	01	79 km NE	971	62.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 100 %
Augy	89	234 km N	954	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Azé	71	85 km N	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Les Rairies	49	409 km NW	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Neufmanil	08	456 km N	985	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %
Freistroff	57	427 km N	1,000	37.7	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bâgé-le-Châtel	01	79 km NE	971	62.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 100 %
Azé	71	85 km N	1,103	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Augy	89	234 km N	954	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Les Rairies	49	409 km NW	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 43 %
Freistroff	57	427 km N	1,000	37.7	Few services	no figures
Neufmanil	08	456 km N	985	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 29 %

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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-Martin-Lestra'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-Alban-les-Eaux	42	46 km NW	912	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villemontais	42	43 km NW	1,042	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Haon-le-Châtel	42	51 km NW	625	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Luriecq	42	37 km SW	1,238	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-la-Pendue	42	21 km NW	1,635	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Neulise	42	24 km NW	1,344	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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