Saulon-la-Rue

Côte-d'Or · CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges · INSEE 21586

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulon-la-Rue (INSEE 21586) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 701 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/21586-saulon-la-rue

Vitality score

Vitality score 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,389 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (CHÂTEAU DE SAULON). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.P.I.	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHÂTEAU DE SAULON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 238 peak 2017: 703 2023: 701 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 677 (2012) → 701 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 451 (1990) → 701 (2023): 55.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 295, of which 1 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km NGP — 1.4 km NBakery — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 2.1 km SE 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 (Saulon-la-Chapelle): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fénay): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fénay): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saulon-la-Chapelle): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saulon-la-Rue): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.3

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DIJON-LONGVIC weather station, 5.5 km away at 219 m; the village itself is at 223 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 5.5 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 5.5 km away at 219 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 — 21586/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21586/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21586/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21586/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21585
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21263
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21586
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
Fréjeville	81	462 km SW	712	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Prémont	02	334 km N	683	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 96 %
Busque	81	452 km SW	715	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Vacognes-Neuilly	14	463 km NW	681	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire	50	498 km NW	685	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vauciennes	60	270 km NW	701	17.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vauciennes	60	270 km NW	701	17.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Prémont	02	334 km N	683	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 96 %
Busque	81	452 km SW	715	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Fréjeville	81	462 km SW	712	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Vacognes-Neuilly	14	463 km NW	681	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Suzanne-sur-Vire	50	498 km NW	685	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · 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 Saulon-la-Rue'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
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	118 km SW	684	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lessard-le-National	71	43 km SW	662	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Tillenay	21	22 km E	743	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Pommérieux	57	214 km N	755	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vandeins	01	112 km S	732	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vendrest	77	250 km NW	686	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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