Véranne

Identity

Véranne (INSEE 42326) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pilat Rhodanien. Population 951 (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/42326-veranne

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 53 % of the 14,631 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (VERT-ANES · LE TABLEAU GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - VÉRANNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATYPIK). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 830 (2012) → 951 (2023): 14.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 506 (1990) → 951 (2023): 87.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 522, of which 11.1 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Maclas): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maclas): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maclas): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Véranne): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BESSEY weather station, 3 km away at 425 m; the village itself is at 570 m. ^[11]

The village sits 145 m above 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BESSEY, 3 km away at 425 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 145 m below 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 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BESSEY, 3 km away at 425 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42326/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42326/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42326/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42326/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42129
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42246
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42326
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024