Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche

Côte-d'Or · CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay · INSEE 21558

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

Partly served 48.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche (INSEE 21558) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Population 927 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/21558-sainte-marie-la-blanche

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 14,808 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.84	10	8.38
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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) (LA VANDENE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (MONSIEUR BOURGOGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CUISINE DE SAINTE-MARIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (STE MARIE LA BLANCHE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (TENDANCES). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA VANDENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	MONSIEUR BOURGOGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA CUISINE DE SAINTE-MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STE MARIE LA BLANCHE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	TENDANCES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 443 2023: 927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 825 (2012) → 927 (2023): 12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 693 (1990) → 927 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 439, of which 5 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km NEGP — 2.5 km SEPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Loup-Géanges): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beaune): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.8

Days at or below 0 °C 49.1

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAVIGNY LES BEA weather station, 9.7 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 9.7 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 9.7 km away at 246 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 — 21558/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21558/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21558/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21558/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21558
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71443
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21054
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
Plats	07	219 km S	828	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Oermingen	67	280 km NE	1,086	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pern	35	535 km W	966	43	Partly served	no figures
Odenas	69	100 km S	938	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Optevoz	38	140 km S	875	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Rittershoffen	67	313 km NE	928	40.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Odenas	69	100 km S	938	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Optevoz	38	140 km S	875	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Plats	07	219 km S	828	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Oermingen	67	280 km NE	1,086	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rittershoffen	67	313 km NE	928	40.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pern	35	535 km W	966	43	Partly served	no figures

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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 Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche'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
Les Rairies	49	391 km W	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Uchizy	71	53 km S	831	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Barbières	26	226 km S	1,143	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lumes	08	307 km N	1,099	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	31 km NE	1,177	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vineuil	36	247 km W	1,241	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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