Saint-Polgues
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Polgues (INSEE 42274) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Vals d'Aix et Isable. Population 277 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 17,645 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.46 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AN TI PLEZI). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BOURG). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 1 | AN TI PLEZI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE BOURG | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 243 (2012) → 277 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 182 (1990) → 277 (2023): 52.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 5.4 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Juré): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Polgues): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Cordelle): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-Laval): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Polgues): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST GERMAIN LAVA weather station, 8.7 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 560 m. [12]
The village sits 125 m above 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 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST-JUST-EN-CHEV, 10.3 km away at 612 m, over 10 summers. [12]
That station sits 52 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 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CREMEAUX, 3.7 km away at 668 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42274/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42274/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42274/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42274/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42116
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42274
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42070
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42230
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guercheville | 77 | 283 km N | 268 | 29.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romont | 88 | 336 km NE | 358 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sivry-la-Perche | 55 | 372 km N | 279 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monchy-Cayeux | 62 | 519 km N | 285 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allainville | 78 | 324 km NW | 281 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-le-Mauger | 76 | 483 km NW | 282 | 24.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guercheville | 77 | 283 km N | 268 | 29.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allainville | 78 | 324 km NW | 281 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Romont | 88 | 336 km NE | 358 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sivry-la-Perche | 55 | 372 km N | 279 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-le-Mauger | 76 | 483 km NW | 282 | 24.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monchy-Cayeux | 62 | 519 km N | 285 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · 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-Polgues'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romont | 88 | 336 km NE | 358 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sivry-la-Perche | 55 | 372 km N | 279 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hondevilliers | 77 | 336 km N | 256 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Autreville-sur-Moselle | 54 | 361 km NE | 264 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vomécourt | 88 | 333 km NE | 267 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Recologne-lès-Rioz | 70 | 232 km NE | 288 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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