Saint-Sixte

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42288

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

Few services 29.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sixte (INSEE 42288) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 669 (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/42288-saint-sixte

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 16,620 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	6.02
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE - SAINT SIXTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE BOURG	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE - SAINT SIXTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 746 2023: 669 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 715 (2012) → 669 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 607 (1990) → 669 (2023): 10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 352, of which 5.1 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SGP — 3.6 km SEPharmacy — 3.6 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km SE 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 (Sail-sous-Couzan): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boën-sur-Lignon): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boën-sur-Lignon): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Boën-sur-Lignon): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Sixte): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 75.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOEN SUR LIGNON weather station, 2.9 km away at 448 m; the village itself is at 590 m. ^[11]

The village sits 142 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 2.9 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 142 m below 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 621 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 2.9 km away at 448 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 — 42288/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42288/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42288/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42288/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42019
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42288
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
Arquenay	53	424 km NW	674	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Pommerieux	53	436 km NW	667	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	497 km NW	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	481 km NW	662	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Romegoux	17	371 km W	640	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 50 %
Orignolles	17	334 km W	698	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orignolles	17	334 km W	698	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Romegoux	17	371 km W	640	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 50 %
Arquenay	53	424 km NW	674	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Pommerieux	53	436 km NW	667	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	481 km NW	662	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	497 km NW	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · 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-Sixte'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
Schœnenbourg	67	461 km NE	720	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mayran	12	200 km SW	611	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loup	03	79 km NW	575	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Lobsann	67	459 km NE	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Roset-Fluans	25	209 km NE	599	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chenebier	70	295 km NE	701	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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