Saint-Forgeux

Rhône · CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien · INSEE 69200

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Forgeux (INSEE 69200) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 1,544 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69200-saint-forgeux

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 11,409 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.75	10	7.53
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU TORRENCHIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ATTABLEE SAINT FORGEUX). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT FERREOL). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (AIRE DES SPORTS LE TRAM). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (GERALDINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DU TORRENCHIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	L'ATTABLEE SAINT FORGEUX	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT FERREOL	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	AIRE DES SPORTS LE TRAM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	GERALDINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 906 2023: 1,544 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,468 (2012) → 1,544 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,232 (1990) → 1,544 (2023): 25.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 756, of which 4.8 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.1 km NEPharmacy — 2.1 km NEFood shop — 2.2 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Forgeux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vindry-sur-Turdine): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Vindry-sur-Turdine): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vindry-sur-Turdine): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Forgeux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.7

Days at or below 0 °C 51.2

Muggy days a summer 1

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT-VERAND weather station, 7.4 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 401 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-GERMAIN-L AR, 10.2 km away at 370 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-VERAND, 7.4 km away at 390 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69200/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/98fc59b0-3fd6-3485-9078-40715e283f16— “Marché de Saint-Forgeux”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69200/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69200/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69200/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69157
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
Quilly	44	522 km W	1,565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	351 km NW	1,543	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montpezat	30	225 km S	1,402	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Béron	73	106 km E	1,713	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	123 km E	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montlaur	31	350 km SW	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Béron	73	106 km E	1,713	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz	74	123 km E	1,351	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montpezat	30	225 km S	1,402	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Montlaur	31	350 km SW	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne	91	351 km NW	1,543	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Quilly	44	522 km W	1,565	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 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 Saint-Forgeux'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
Saint-Béron	73	106 km E	1,713	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villemoirieu	38	61 km E	1,925	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Charpey	26	113 km SE	1,547	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Roche-Vineuse	71	57 km N	1,570	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sevrey	71	102 km N	1,201	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Barbières	26	113 km SE	1,143	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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