Virigneux

Identity

Virigneux (INSEE 42336) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Monts du Lyonnais. Population 618 (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/42336-virigneux

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 16,888 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BEGONIN MEIGGIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 609 (2012) → 618 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 618 (2023): 68.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 295, of which 5.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Maringes): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meys): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Martin-Lestra): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bellegarde-en-Forez): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Virigneux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CHAZELLES-LYON weather station, 6.2 km away at 632 m; the village itself is at 550 m. ^[13]

The village sits 82 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at FEURS, 10.8 km away at 347 m, over 10 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 203 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CHAZELLES-LYON, 6.2 km away at 632 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42336/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42336/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42336/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42336/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42138
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69132
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42261
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42013
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42336
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024