Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42270

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon (INSEE 42270) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 1,352 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

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

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 12,351 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	7.05
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SARL DE SIMEIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA DETENTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROUTE DE BARRET). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CLEMENCE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	SARL DE SIMEIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA DETENTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROUTE DE BARRET	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	3	CLEMENCE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 598 peak 2017: 1,364 2023: 1,352 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,339 (2012) → 1,352 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,122 (1990) → 1,352 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 4.1 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km EBakery — 1.5 km EGP — 1.7 km EPharmacy — 1.8 km E 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 (Unieux): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Unieux): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Unieux): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Unieux): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 69.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FIRMINY weather station, 4.2 km away at 515 m; the village itself is at 495 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FIRMINY, 4.2 km away at 515 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

An average of 790 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FIRMINY, 4.2 km away at 515 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 — 42270/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42270/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42270/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42270/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42270
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
Lée	64	430 km SW	1,271	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 35 % · humidity 14 %
Veauchette	42	19 km N	1,235	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mours	95	441 km N	1,693	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Montauville	54	412 km N	1,097	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 %
Incarville	27	485 km NW	1,353	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Chamarandes-Choignes	52	310 km N	1,039	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Veauchette	42	19 km N	1,235	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chamarandes-Choignes	52	310 km N	1,039	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montauville	54	412 km N	1,097	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 %
Lée	64	430 km SW	1,271	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 35 % · humidity 14 %
Mours	95	441 km N	1,693	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 64 %
Incarville	27	485 km NW	1,353	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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-en-Cornillon'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
Veauchette	42	19 km N	1,235	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bettant	01	106 km NE	774	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Obersaasheim	68	383 km NE	1,060	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ambutrix	01	104 km NE	760	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Zimmersheim	68	353 km NE	1,083	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-Vernois	70	305 km NE	1,372	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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