Villars
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villars (INSEE 42330) is in Loire (42), part of Saint-Étienne Métropole. Population 7,664 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42330-villars
Vitality score
Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 73 % of the 3,180 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.58 |
| Social | 0.85 | 20 | 16.95 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DE NEUVILLE · LES PATISSERIES DE CECILE · BOULANGERIE NOTIN · LES CHAMPS DU PAIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR LOPEZ). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PRE DE CHEZ VOUS, CIRCUIT COURT · SAS CHOUCHANE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (AUCHAN). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LA BRIOCHE DOREE · RESTAURANT PIZZA PASTA DEL ARTE · KFC · AU BUREAU · ROYAL WOK). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LE GAMBETTA · LE LOUAM'S · LE NARVAL · POINT BAR · LE TROPICAL). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RAVON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE VERJAT · ECOLE MATERNELLE HUBERT POUQUET). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HUBERT POUQUET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAVON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GUITTON). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARNAUD NEVERS, MÉDECIN · MARION BERGER, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-YVES ALGARRA, MÉDECIN · MARTINE ROCHE-VEINANTE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK MOURY, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FEUILLETIERE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE - VILLARS). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE VILLARS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE L ASPTT). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). [3]
10 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE PASCAL R · FD CONCEPT BY FLORENCE ET DAVID · LUIZ COIFFURE · VALERIE COIFFURE · PETIT MARINE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL CAMPANILE SAINT ETIENNE NORD · B & B · HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE SAINT ETIENNE NORD). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 5 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 9 | DE NEUVILLE · LES PATISSERIES DE CECILE · BOULANGERIE NOTIN · LES CHAMPS DU PAIN | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR LOPEZ | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | PRE DE CHEZ VOUS, CIRCUIT COURT · SAS CHOUCHANE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | AUCHAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 10 | LA BRIOCHE DOREE · RESTAURANT PIZZA PASTA DEL ARTE · KFC · AU BUREAU · ROYAL WOK | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LE GAMBETTA · LE LOUAM'S · LE NARVAL · POINT BAR · LE TROPICAL | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RAVON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE VERJAT · ECOLE MATERNELLE HUBERT POUQUET | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HUBERT POUQUET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAVON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GUITTON | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | ARNAUD NEVERS, MÉDECIN · MARION BERGER, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-YVES ALGARRA, MÉDECIN · MARTINE ROCHE-VEINANTE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK MOURY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA FEUILLETIERE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MEDIATHEQUE - VILLARS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE VILLARS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE L ASPTT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 10 | COIFFURE PASCAL R · FD CONCEPT BY FLORENCE ET DAVID · LUIZ COIFFURE · VALERIE COIFFURE · PETIT MARINE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL CAMPANILE SAINT ETIENNE NORD · B & B · HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE SAINT ETIENNE NORD | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 7,887 (2012) → 7,664 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 8,189 (1990) → 7,664 (2023): -6.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,846, of which 1.2 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villars): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Villars): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Villars): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villars): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Villars): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-ETIENNE - CT weather station, 2.9 km away at 482 m; the village itself is at 480 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SAINT-ETIENNE, 3.8 km away at 640 m, over 22 summers. [10]
That station sits 160 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 778 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-ETIENNE - CT, 2.9 km away at 482 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 — 42330/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d38e7fac-9ab4-3dc6-a318-1528a189cb85— “Marché de Villars”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42330/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42330/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42330/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42330
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil | 91 | 378 km N | 7,469 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Achicourt | 62 | 547 km N | 7,873 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaujours | 93 | 408 km N | 8,007 | 60.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Billy-Montigny | 62 | 561 km N | 7,937 | 68.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Benoît | 86 | 332 km NW | 7,375 | 65.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Huningue | 68 | 342 km NE | 7,487 | 56.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît | 86 | 332 km NW | 7,375 | 65.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Huningue | 68 | 342 km NE | 7,487 | 56.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil | 91 | 378 km N | 7,469 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaujours | 93 | 408 km N | 8,007 | 60.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Achicourt | 62 | 547 km N | 7,873 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Billy-Montigny | 62 | 561 km N | 7,937 | 68.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · 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 Villars'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Coteau | 42 | 66 km N | 6,845 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Savine | 10 | 315 km N | 10,289 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aubière | 63 | 102 km W | 10,459 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cognin | 73 | 121 km E | 6,954 | 52 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas | 10 | 313 km N | 6,760 | 60.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Craponne | 69 | 42 km NE | 12,084 | 59.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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