Tarare

Rhône · CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien · INSEE 69243

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

Partly served 56/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tarare (INSEE 69243) is in Rhône (69), part of CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Population 10,893 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/69243-tarare

Vitality score

Vitality score 56/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 43 % of the 2,255 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	0.46	25	11.56
Social	0.87	20	17.35
Education	0.46	10	4.65
Health	0.34	10	3.43
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	0.52	10	5.16
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GIRARDON · LE FOURNIL DES TEINTURERIES · BOULANGERIE BONNEFOND · CHEZ A.M). ^[3,4]

7 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · ROIS DE LA MERGUEZ · BOUCHERIE PELLETIER · CHARCUTERIE TARARIENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (JLAIEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LPOL). ^[3,4]

35 × Restaurant (SARL LE CENTRE · HOTEL-RESTAURANT BURNICHON · SARL TEOZ · EN TOUTE SIMPLICI'THE). ^[3,4]

11 × Café / bar (CENTRAL BAR · CAFE DE LA PAIX · LA SIXIEME FAUTE · O'4 BALLONS · CHEZ D'JIM). ^[4]

4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE SERROUX · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VOLTAIRE). ^[3]

5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE BEL AIR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA PLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE A. DE ST EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GENERAL LECLERC). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE MARIE LAURENCIN · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME DE BEL AIR). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURÉLIE DORME, MÉDECIN · MIRCEA DINES DOMSA, MÉDECIN · STELUTA OLIMPIA DINES, MÉDECIN · CORINNE GUILHERMET, MÉDECIN · FRANCK HUC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA REPUBLIQUE · GRANDE PHARMACIE NORD OUEST). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE JEAN-BESSON). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINEMA JACQUES PERRIN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES HAUTS DE TARARE · GYMNASE JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

10 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUT TARARE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE TARARE · BUREAU 00355 · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

12 × Hairdresser (SARL LYNERENCE · L APPART PEGGY COIFFURE · LEITAO LIDIA · COIFFURE REMY KEHL). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 4 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 6 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	GIRARDON · LE FOURNIL DES TEINTURERIES · BOULANGERIE BONNEFOND · CHEZ A.M	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	7	BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE · ROIS DE LA MERGUEZ · BOUCHERIE PELLETIER · CHARCUTERIE TARARIENNE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	JLAIEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LPOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	35	SARL LE CENTRE · HOTEL-RESTAURANT BURNICHON · SARL TEOZ · EN TOUTE SIMPLICI'THE	INSEE BPE 35 / INSEE SIRENE 54 [3,4]
Café / bar	11	CENTRAL BAR · CAFE DE LA PAIX · LA SIXIEME FAUTE · O'4 BALLONS · CHEZ D'JIM	INSEE SIRENE 11 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	4	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA PLAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LE SERROUX · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE VOLTAIRE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	5	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE BEL AIR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA PLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE A. DE ST EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GENERAL LECLERC	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE MARIE LAURENCIN · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME DE BEL AIR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	AURÉLIE DORME, MÉDECIN · MIRCEA DINES DOMSA, MÉDECIN · STELUTA OLIMPIA DINES, MÉDECIN · CORINNE GUILHERMET, MÉDECIN · FRANCK HUC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE LA REPUBLIQUE · GRANDE PHARMACIE NORD OUEST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 JEAN-BESSON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	CINEMA JACQUES PERRIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES HAUTS DE TARARE · GYMNASE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	10	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUT TARARE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE RHONE ALPES · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE TARARE · BUREAU 00355 · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 10 [3]
Hairdresser	12	SARL LYNERENCE · L APPART PEGGY COIFFURE · LEITAO LIDIA · COIFFURE REMY KEHL	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 12,296 2023: 10,893 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 10,401 (2012) → 10,893 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 10,720 (1990) → 10,893 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,737, of which 1.1 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Tarare): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Tarare): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tarare): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tarare): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.4

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES SAUVAGES weather station, 5.9 km away at 831 m; the village itself is at 385 m. ^[10]

The village sits 446 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LES SAUVAGES, 5.9 km away at 831 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 446 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 946 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES SAUVAGES, 5.9 km away at 831 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/3b5dcca0-2230-3760-954b-a05ea43fba74— “Marché hebdomadaire de Tarare”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69243
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
Erstein	67	372 km NE	10,790	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-Tolosane	31	359 km SW	11,044	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur	21	165 km N	11,108	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Le Taillan-Médoc	33	413 km W	11,073	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Thouaré-sur-Loire	44	474 km W	11,004	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Héricourt	70	258 km NE	10,621	51.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur	21	165 km N	11,108	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Héricourt	70	258 km NE	10,621	51.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 70 %
Villeneuve-Tolosane	31	359 km SW	11,044	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Erstein	67	372 km NE	10,790	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Le Taillan-Médoc	33	413 km W	11,073	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Thouaré-sur-Loire	44	474 km W	11,004	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Tarare'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
Thouaré-sur-Loire	44	474 km W	11,004	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vitry-le-François	51	315 km N	10,996	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf	76	455 km NW	10,476	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Brumath	67	400 km NE	10,499	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thorigny-sur-Marne	77	357 km N	10,440	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Issoudun	36	221 km NW	11,159	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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