Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre

Loir-et-Cher · CC de la Sologne des Rivières · INSEE 41176

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

Partly served 48.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (INSEE 41176) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC de la Sologne des Rivières. Population 749 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 48.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,052 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.4	10	3.97
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.18

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PETIT ROUBSI). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CVB). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MADALINA-IRINA DINCA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIERREFITTE SUR SAULDRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PIERREFITTE-SUR-SAULDRE LA PIERRE FICHÉE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BEAUTE NOMADE 41). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ALICOURTS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	AU PETIT ROUBSI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	2	CVB	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MADALINA-IRINA DINCA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	PIERREFITTE SUR SAULDRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PIERREFITTE-SUR-SAULDRE LA PIERRE FICHÉE	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	BEAUTE NOMADE 41	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES ALICOURTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 892 peak 1982: 907 2023: 749 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 841 (2012) → 749 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 835 (1990) → 749 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 637, of which 18.2 % second homes and 20.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 6.3 km S 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 (Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Souesmes): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 58.6

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAMOTTE-BEUVRON weather station, 15.3 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[10]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOUESMES, 5.9 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41176/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41176/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41176/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41176/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41249
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
Mignovillard	39	311 km E	902	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 34 %
Puy-Saint-Martin	26	388 km SE	827	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 59 %
Cairanne	84	424 km SE	1,129	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 69 %
Saales	67	381 km E	826	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues	26	420 km SE	787	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 42 %
Autry-le-Châtel	45	35 km E	845	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Autry-le-Châtel	45	35 km E	845	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Mignovillard	39	311 km E	902	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 34 %
Saales	67	381 km E	826	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 100 %
Puy-Saint-Martin	26	388 km SE	827	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues	26	420 km SE	787	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 42 %
Cairanne	84	424 km SE	1,129	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 69 %

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