Veauchette

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42324

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Veauchette (INSEE 42324) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 1,235 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/42324-veauchette

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,055 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

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 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (A.D.L · O 2GATES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PLCE JUST DE ROSTAING). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LAETITIA). ^[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, Library. ^[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	2	A.D.L · O 2GATES	INSEE BPE 2 / 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 PLCE JUST DE ROSTAING	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	LAETITIA	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	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: 274 2023: 1,235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,062 (2012) → 1,235 (2023): 16.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 767 (1990) → 1,235 (2023): 61 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 456, of which 1.3 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km EFood shop — 0.9 km NGP — 0.9 km EPharmacy — 1.0 km E 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 (Veauche): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Veauche): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Veauche): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Veauche): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Veauchette): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON weather station, 2.9 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 2.9 km away at 395 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST ETIENNE-BOUTHEON, 2.9 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42324/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42324/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42324/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42324/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42323
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42324
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
Lée	64	441 km SW	1,271	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 14 %
Montauville	54	394 km N	1,097	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	19 km S	1,352	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chamarandes-Choignes	52	291 km N	1,039	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villate	31	326 km SW	1,233	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Mours	95	425 km N	1,693	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	19 km S	1,352	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chamarandes-Choignes	52	291 km N	1,039	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villate	31	326 km SW	1,233	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Montauville	54	394 km N	1,097	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 74 %
Mours	95	425 km N	1,693	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
Lée	64	441 km SW	1,271	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Veauchette'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
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	19 km S	1,352	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Blaise-du-Buis	38	100 km E	1,062	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Obersaasheim	68	368 km NE	1,060	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bettant	01	95 km NE	774	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ambutrix	01	93 km NE	760	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just	01	105 km NE	952	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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