Salt-en-Donzy

Loire · CC de Forez-Est · INSEE 42296

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salt-en-Donzy (INSEE 42296) is in Loire (42), part of CC de Forez-Est. Population 535 (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/42296-salt-en-donzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,604 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.8	10	7.99
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

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 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (L'ASSIETTE SALTOISE · PIZZA LULU · AUBERGE DE LA COTONNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SALT-EN-DONZY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHRISTELLE 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. ^[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	3	L'ASSIETTE SALTOISE · PIZZA LULU · AUBERGE DE LA COTONNE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SALT-EN-DONZY	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	1	CHRISTELLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 278 peak 2017: 544 2023: 535 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 539 (2012) → 535 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 412 (1990) → 535 (2023): 29.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 5.9 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km NEBakery — 4.7 km EGP — 4.7 km WPharmacy — 4.9 km W 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 (Saint-Barthélemy-Lestra): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jas): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Feurs): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Feurs): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Salt-en-Donzy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.7

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 18.6▸

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FEURS weather station, 4.3 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 370 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 4.3 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FEURS, 4.3 km away at 347 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 — 42296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42202
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42296
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
Balizac	33	397 km W	520	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	105 km NW	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay	71	84 km NE	505	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Fontaines-d'Ozillac	17	366 km W	510	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 7 %
Cleppé	42	9.1 km NW	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Palais	18	219 km NW	610	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cleppé	42	9.1 km NW	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay	71	84 km NE	505	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	105 km NW	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Palais	18	219 km NW	610	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 14 %
Fontaines-d'Ozillac	17	366 km W	510	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 7 %
Balizac	33	397 km W	520	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Salt-en-Donzy'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
Cleppé	42	9.1 km NW	572	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chambéon	42	9.8 km SW	665	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive	42	12 km SW	555	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marclopt	42	10 km SW	552	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche	42	8.5 km SW	573	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Valeille	42	3.4 km S	675	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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