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Trelins

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42313

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

Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Trelins (INSEE 42313) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 682 (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/42313-trelins

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,506 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.89108.86
Housing mix0.8854.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE CHAZAL). [4]

1 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT L'EVEIL DES SENS). [4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES COTEAUX). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - TRELINS). [4]

2 × Hairdresser (MARILYNE COIFFURE). [4,3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT L'EVEIL DES SENS). [4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE CHAZALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant1HOTEL RESTAURANT L'EVEIL DES SENSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES COTEAUXINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE - TRELINSINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser2MARILYNE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel1HOTEL RESTAURANT L'EVEIL DES SENSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 401 2023: 682 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 646 (2012) → 682 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 492 (1990) → 682 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 6 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.5 km NE (Boën-sur-Lignon)Bakery — 1.0 km N (Boën-sur-Lignon)GP — 1.4 km N (Boën-sur-Lignon)Pharmacy — 1.8 km N (Boën-sur-Lignon)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NEBakery — 1.0 km NGP — 1.4 km NPharmacy — 1.8 km N 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 (Boën-sur-Lignon): 1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Boën-sur-Lignon): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Boën-sur-Lignon): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Boën-sur-Lignon): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Trelins): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BOEN-LIGN - MAN weather station, 2.8 km away at 447 m; the village itself is at 423 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BOEN SUR LIGNON, 2.8 km away at 448 m, over 19 summers. [10]

An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BOEN-LIGN - MAN, 2.8 km away at 447 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42313/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42313/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42313/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42313/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42019
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42313
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Longchamps27441 km NW66239.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix18200 km NW70835.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce41308 km NW63436.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Surin79354 km W63537Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins35481 km NW72439.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Courçay37293 km NW79238Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix18200 km NW70835.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Courçay37293 km NW79238Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce41308 km NW63436.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Surin79354 km W63537Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Longchamps27441 km NW66239.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 86 %
Moulins35481 km NW72439.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · 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 Trelins'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Croix0183 km E54442.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thibault10276 km N55136.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saulcet0388 km NW65729.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Marcoux422.2 km S78133.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villechétif10287 km N94744.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Moussey10276 km N65634.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %