Vendranges
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vendranges (INSEE 42325) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pays Entre Loire et Rhône. Population 390 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 18,040 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.59 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]
1 × Restaurant (CHEZ MICK). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 1 | CHEZ MICK | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 | 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
Population 340 (2012) → 390 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 226 (1990) → 390 (2023): 72.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 4.1 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vendranges): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Priest-la-Roche): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Neulise): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Vendranges): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the NEULISE weather station, 5.1 km away at 557 m; the village itself is at 478 m. [12]
The village sits 79 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at NEULISE, 5.1 km away at 557 m, over 10 summers. [12]
That station sits 79 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at NEULISE, 5.1 km away at 557 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 — 42325/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42325/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42325/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42325/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42325
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42277
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42289
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42156
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boubiers | 60 | 402 km NW | 382 | 38.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 % |
| Campagne-lès-Guines | 62 | 569 km N | 407 | 32.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 % |
| Viterbe | 81 | 306 km SW | 361 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Salle | 88 | 334 km NE | 401 | 37.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Moreilles | 85 | 405 km W | 407 | 37.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 66 % |
| Ève | 60 | 366 km N | 411 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viterbe | 81 | 306 km SW | 361 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Salle | 88 | 334 km NE | 401 | 37.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Ève | 60 | 366 km N | 411 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 21 % |
| Boubiers | 60 | 402 km NW | 382 | 38.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 % |
| Moreilles | 85 | 405 km W | 407 | 37.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 66 % |
| Campagne-lès-Guines | 62 | 569 km N | 407 | 32.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Vendranges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herrère | 64 | 482 km SW | 397 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escout | 64 | 482 km SW | 423 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chirassimont | 42 | 12 km E | 387 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jodard | 42 | 6.7 km S | 393 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand | 42 | 13 km SE | 384 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Georges-de-Baroille | 42 | 10 km S | 460 | 24.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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