Saint-Médard-en-Forez
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Médard-en-Forez (INSEE 42264) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 962 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 14,576 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.86 | 10 | 8.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]
1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DES MOULINS). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CLES DE DEMAIN). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE RAVEL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-MÉDARD-EN-FOREZ). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE CHEVILLONNIERE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE NATURE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 1 | LA TABLE DES MOULINS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CLES DE DEMAIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | SYLVIE RAVEL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-MÉDARD-EN-FOREZ | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE CHEVILLONNIERE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | COIFFURE NATURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 (reported, unverified): Saturday. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,004 (2012) → 962 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 708 (1990) → 962 (2023): 35.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 455, of which 4.8 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chevrières): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Médard-en-Forez): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Médard-en-Forez): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Galmier): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Médard-en-Forez): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CHAZELLES-LYON weather station, 5.7 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 544 m. [12]
The village sits 88 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at GRAMMOND_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 803 m, over 11 summers. [12]
That station sits 259 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CHAZELLES-LYON, 5.7 km away at 632 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42264/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/732b8cbd-2dd2-34cd-9c85-1563ac3b8955— “Le premier samedi matin : producteur de poulets et canards, apiculteur (miels variés, nougats, pain d'épices, bonbons, gelée royale et caramel).”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42264/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42264/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42264/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42062
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42264
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42222
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournand | 86 | 368 km NW | 914 | 39 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gillonnay | 38 | 76 km E | 1,009 | 30.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Villechétif | 10 | 302 km N | 947 | 44.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Nieurlet | 59 | 598 km N | 908 | 36.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 % |
| Perrex | 01 | 87 km NE | 869 | 36.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 % |
| Tabanac | 33 | 386 km W | 1,083 | 27.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillonnay | 38 | 76 km E | 1,009 | 30.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Perrex | 01 | 87 km NE | 869 | 36.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 % |
| Villechétif | 10 | 302 km N | 947 | 44.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bournand | 86 | 368 km NW | 914 | 39 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tabanac | 33 | 386 km W | 1,083 | 27.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nieurlet | 59 | 598 km N | 908 | 36.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 % |
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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-Médard-en-Forez'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanswiller | 67 | 410 km NE | 1,180 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Osselle-Routelle | 25 | 207 km NE | 961 | 32 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pointis-de-Rivière | 31 | 408 km SW | 825 | 37.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bressolles | 03 | 131 km NW | 1,143 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mazeray | 17 | 384 km W | 991 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Longes | 69 | 27 km E | 938 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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