Tartaras

Loire · Saint-Étienne Métropole · INSEE 42307

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tartaras (INSEE 42307) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 958 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/42307-tartaras

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 14,578 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	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE TARTARAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN PIERRE VIAL). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE CHAMBERT, MÉDECIN · FLORIANE LOILLIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - TARTARAS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF INTERCOMMUNAL). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE TARTARAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN PIERRE VIAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURENCE CHAMBERT, MÉDECIN · FLORIANE LOILLIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE - TARTARAS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF INTERCOMMUNAL	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 269 2023: 958 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 818 (2012) → 958 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 958 (2023): 161.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 0.5 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.3 km NEPharmacy — 4.4 km NW 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 (Tartaras): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Romain-en-Gier): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tartaras): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chabanière): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tartaras): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.5

Days at or below 0 °C 34.6

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CELLIEU weather station, 10.3 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 301 m. ^[11]

The village sits 192 m below 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 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CELLIEU, 10.3 km away at 493 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 192 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 733 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAUNEUF, 5.4 km away at 277 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 — 42307/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42307/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42307/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42307/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69228
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
Archettes	88	319 km NE	1,113	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset	42	66 km NW	968	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues	34	207 km S	984	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pouange	10	301 km N	1,010	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Metzeresche	57	434 km N	1,020	28.1	Few services	no figures
Bretigny	21	208 km N	922	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset	42	66 km NW	968	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues	34	207 km S	984	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Bretigny	21	208 km N	922	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pouange	10	301 km N	1,010	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Archettes	88	319 km NE	1,113	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Metzeresche	57	434 km N	1,020	28.1	Few services	no figures

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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 Tartaras'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
Chozeau	38	45 km E	987	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Lages	31	327 km SW	886	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Grenay	38	34 km E	1,628	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Chamagnieu	38	41 km E	1,822	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Préserville	31	330 km SW	786	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Jaillans	26	71 km SE	1,009	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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