Vézelin-sur-Loire

Identity

Vézelin-sur-Loire (INSEE 42268) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Vals d'Aix et Isable. Population 811 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 2 former communes: Amions (42004), Dancé (42082). ^[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/42268-vezelin-sur-loire

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 15,576 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (PREST'HOME). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - VÉZELIN SUR LOIRE (SAINT PAUL DE VÉZELIN). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS DE LA COMMUNAUTE DE COMMUNES). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING D'ARPHEUILLES). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 766 (2012) → 811 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 649 (1990) → 811 (2023): 25 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 12.8 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Neulise): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Priest-la-Roche): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Cordelle): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Neulise): 7.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Priest-la-Roche): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NEULISE weather station, 7.6 km away at 557 m; the village itself is at 426 m. ^[12]

The village sits 131 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 13 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NEULISE, 7.6 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 131 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 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NEULISE, 7.6 km away at 557 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42268/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42268/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42268/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42268/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42156
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42277
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42070
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024