Villerest
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villerest (INSEE 42332) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 5,172 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42332-villerest
Vitality score
Vitality score 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 4,545 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.55 | 20 | 11.07 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.64 | 10 | 6.44 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES COMPTOIRS DE LA BIO). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (MCA & JMF · GTS FOOD TRUCK · LA TERRASSE DU LAC). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CARRE PRIVE). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CLOS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MIRANDOLE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MIRANDOLE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE THOMAS PESQUET). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIE BOR, MÉDECIN · JÉRÔME BARD, MÉDECIN · MARIE DARESSE-LAPENDERY, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE DUBOIS, MÉDECIN · VINCENT GINEYS, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE POYET · PHARMACIE MASSON). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLEREST RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - VILLEREST). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS · ESPACE OXYGENE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (BASE NAUTIQUE DE VILLEREST). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (ILLUZION). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE CHATEAU DE CHAMPLONG · HOTEL DU GOLF). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'OREE DU LAC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LES COMPTOIRS DE LA BIO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | MCA & JMF · GTS FOOD TRUCK · LA TERRASSE DU LAC | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CARRE PRIVE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CLOS · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MIRANDOLE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MIRANDOLE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE THOMAS PESQUET | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | JULIE BOR, MÉDECIN · JÉRÔME BARD, MÉDECIN · MARIE DARESSE-LAPENDERY, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE DUBOIS, MÉDECIN · VINCENT GINEYS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE POYET · PHARMACIE MASSON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | VILLEREST RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE - VILLEREST | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | SALLE MULTISPORTS · ESPACE OXYGENE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BASE NAUTIQUE DE VILLEREST | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | ILLUZION | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL LE CHATEAU DE CHAMPLONG · HOTEL DU GOLF | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING L'OREE DU LAC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,696 (2012) → 5,172 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,104 (1990) → 5,172 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,312, of which 1.9 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Commelle-Vernay): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villerest): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Villerest): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villerest): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Villerest): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the RIORGES - MAN weather station, 6.1 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 352 m. [10]
The village sits 69 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at RIORGES, 6.5 km away at 297 m, over 10 summers. [10]
That station sits 55 m below 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 715 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-SUR-LOIRE, 3.4 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 — 42332/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42332/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42332/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42332/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42069
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42332
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abscon | 59 | 485 km N | 4,108 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brebières | 62 | 489 km N | 5,283 | 45.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux | 91 | 309 km N | 4,801 | 40 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 33 | 372 km W | 4,915 | 54.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Maraussan | 34 | 300 km S | 4,789 | 47.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Beaucouzé | 49 | 392 km NW | 5,732 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maraussan | 34 | 300 km S | 4,789 | 47.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux | 91 | 309 km N | 4,801 | 40 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 33 | 372 km W | 4,915 | 54.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaucouzé | 49 | 392 km NW | 5,732 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Abscon | 59 | 485 km N | 4,108 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brebières | 62 | 489 km N | 5,283 | 45.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Villerest'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Péronnas | 01 | 92 km E | 6,444 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder | 67 | 423 km NE | 3,992 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Viriat | 01 | 95 km E | 7,102 | 58 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Talaudière | 42 | 65 km SE | 7,133 | 69.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trélissac | 24 | 269 km W | 7,372 | 65.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 87 | 211 km W | 4,805 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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