Saint-Paul-d'Uzore

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42269

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul-d'Uzore (INSEE 42269) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 203 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42269-saint-paul-d-uzore

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,001 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 136 2023: 203 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 203 (2023): 38.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 95 (1990) → 203 (2023): 113.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 3.4 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SWBakery — 4.2 km NGP — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Montverdun): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pralong): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Champdieu): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montbrison): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Paul-d'Uzore): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 82.1

Muggy days a summer 2.8

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SAVIGNEUX weather station, 5.9 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 366 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 10.4 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 82 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNEUX, 5.9 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42269/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42269/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42269/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42269/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42269
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
Hermin	62	539 km N	206	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Avignonet	38	147 km SE	203	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Rémondans-Vaivre	25	276 km NE	205	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Rouvrois-sur-Othain	55	428 km N	199	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Bermering	57	413 km NE	199	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Le Wast	62	589 km N	203	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avignonet	38	147 km SE	203	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Rémondans-Vaivre	25	276 km NE	205	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Bermering	57	413 km NE	199	17.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Rouvrois-sur-Othain	55	428 km N	199	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Hermin	62	539 km N	206	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Le Wast	62	589 km N	203	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Paul-d'Uzore'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
Velorcey	70	286 km NE	206	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Grézieux-le-Fromental	42	8.6 km SE	254	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Villedieu-en-Fontenette	70	283 km NE	167	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bagnot	21	172 km NE	154	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cugney	70	226 km NE	208	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pomoy	70	281 km NE	197	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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