Sainte-Paule

Identity

Sainte-Paule (INSEE 69230) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. Population 338 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69230-sainte-paule

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 18,030 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]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DU CHATOUX FLEURI). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CHEZ CL'HAIRE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 337 (2012) → 338 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 205 (1990) → 338 (2023): 64.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 8.4 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Val d'Oingt): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Létra): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Val d'Oingt): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ternand): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sainte-Paule): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SAINT-VERAND weather station, 6 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 504 m. ^[13]

The village sits 114 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LIERGUES_SAPC, 6.8 km away at 290 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 214 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 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-VERAND, 6 km away at 390 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 — 69230/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2019-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/41441e91-9f9b-38ae-a5ff-0b5abdddc745— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69230/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69230/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69230/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69024
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69113
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69245
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69230
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024