Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue (INSEE 42287) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Monts du Pilat. Population 1,081 (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/42287-saint-sauveur-en-rue
Vitality score
Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 13,847 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (SARL CHATEAU DE BORIGNEUX). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS ST REGIS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GUILLAUME TRAUCHESSEC, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SAUVEUR EN RUE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-SAUVEUR-EN-RUE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE GIRADON). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | SARL CHATEAU DE BORIGNEUX | 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 PRIVEE ST FRANCOIS ST REGIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | GUILLAUME TRAUCHESSEC, 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 | 1 | SAINT SAUVEUR EN RUE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SAINT-SAUVEUR-EN-RUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | ESPACE GIRADON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / 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 | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,133 (2012) → 1,081 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,053 (1990) → 1,081 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 622, of which 12.9 % second homes and 17.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Burdignes): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bourg-Argental): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Bourg-Argental): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BG-ARGENT - MAN weather station, 5.6 km away at 562 m; the village itself is at 744 m. [11]
The village sits 182 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COL REPUBLIQUE, 9.4 km away at 1,071 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 327 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST SAUVEUR EN R, 0.7 km away at 783 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42287/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42287/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42287/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42287/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42028
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42287
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermaria-Sulard | 22 | 712 km NW | 1,112 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 14 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère | 73 | 148 km E | 1,248 | 38.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 % |
| Latour-de-France | 66 | 315 km SW | 1,043 | 34.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 % |
| Priziac | 56 | 678 km NW | 1,037 | 47.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sonnay | 38 | 34 km E | 1,234 | 38.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes | 24 | 334 km W | 1,012 | 29.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnay | 38 | 34 km E | 1,234 | 38.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère | 73 | 148 km E | 1,248 | 38.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 % |
| Latour-de-France | 66 | 315 km SW | 1,043 | 34.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes | 24 | 334 km W | 1,012 | 29.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Priziac | 56 | 678 km NW | 1,037 | 47.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Kermaria-Sulard | 22 | 712 km NW | 1,112 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 14 % · humidity 50 % |
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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-Sauveur-en-Rue'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maringes | 42 | 45 km N | 677 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Estivareilles | 42 | 41 km NW | 721 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-Soleymieux | 42 | 44 km NW | 840 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bard | 42 | 52 km NW | 700 | 30 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verrières-en-Forez | 42 | 52 km NW | 731 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marols | 42 | 42 km NW | 462 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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