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Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône

Ain · CA Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération · INSEE 01370

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

Partly served 54.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône (INSEE 01370) is in Ain (01), part of CA Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. Population 1,810 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01370-saint-laurent-sur-saone

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 10,269 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.982019.51
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.56105.58
Housing mix0.9454.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (MEAT MARKET). [4,3]

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

7 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT AU FEU DE BOIS · JE M'INVITE CHEZ VOUS). [4,3]

8 × Café / bar (BHV 01750 · CAFE DE LA PAIX · BAR DE LA SAONE · EL MANSOUR BAR DES JEUX DE BOULES). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PEDRO JORGE LUIS, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT LAURENT). [4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST LAURENT SUR SAONE RP). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [4]

4 × Hairdresser (LE SALON D'ANDREA · CHEVEUX D'OR · LE SALON DES COPAINS · AMIGO). [4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1MEAT MARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1MALIGAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant7RESTAURANT AU FEU DE BOIS · JE M'INVITE CHEZ VOUSINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [4,3]
Café / bar8BHV 01750 · CAFE DE LA PAIX · BAR DE LA SAONE · EL MANSOUR BAR DES JEUX DE BOULESINSEE SIRENE 8 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)1PEDRO JORGE LUIS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE SAINT LAURENTINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1ST LAURENT SUR SAONE RPINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser4LE SALON D'ANDREA · CHEVEUX D'OR · LE SALON DES COPAINS · AMIGOINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,041 2023: 1,810 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,770 (2012) → 1,810 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,710 (1990) → 1,810 (2023): 5.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,158, of which 3.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.5 km W (Mâcon)Pharmacy — 0.7 km NW (Mâcon)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.5 km WPharmacy — 0.7 km NW 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 (Mâcon): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Mâcon): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01370/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01370/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01370/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01370/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71270
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 01370

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Colombe6987 km S2,03655.6Partly servedno figures
Sierck-les-Bains57367 km N1,76562Servedno figures
Saint-Macaire33440 km SW1,98158.5Partly servedno figures
Samoreau77283 km NW2,38454.7Partly servedno figures
Vernosc-lès-Annonay07121 km S2,72553.4Partly servedno figures
Ennery95370 km NW2,24343.3Partly servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Colombe6987 km S2,03655.6Partly servedno figures
Vernosc-lès-Annonay07121 km S2,72553.4Partly servedno figures
Samoreau77283 km NW2,38454.7Partly servedno figures
Sierck-les-Bains57367 km N1,76562Servedno figures
Ennery95370 km NW2,24343.3Partly servedno figures
Saint-Macaire33440 km SW1,98158.5Partly servedno figures

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Elsewhere

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