Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire

Loiret · CC du Val de Sully · INSEE 45270

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

Partly served 55.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire (INSEE 45270) is in Loiret (45), part of CC du Val de Sully. Population 1,982 (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 55.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 9,685 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.54
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES ECOLES · VICENTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PDAB · KEVIN ET LAURA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (A LA TABLE DES CELESTES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA VILLE · HOTEL DE LA MADELEINE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE MASLO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ROMAIN FABRIKANT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT-BENOIT-SUR-LOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BENOIT SUR LOIRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE - ST BENOIT SUR LOIRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MD COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LABRADOR). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PORT). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE DES ECOLES · VICENTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE PDAB · KEVIN ET LAURA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	A LA TABLE DES CELESTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA VILLE · HOTEL DE LA MADELEINE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PHILIPPE MASLO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ROMAIN FABRIKANT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT-BENOIT-SUR-LOIRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT BENOIT SUR LOIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE - ST BENOIT SUR LOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MD COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE JULIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LABRADOR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE PORT	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,597 peak 2012: 2,063 2023: 1,982 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,063 (2012) → 1,982 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,880 (1990) → 1,982 (2023): 5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,057, of which 6 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.9 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 (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-d'Abbat): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.1

Days at or below 0 °C 51.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-BENOIT/LOIRE weather station, 0.3 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VILLEMURLIN, 13.7 km away at 144 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-BENOIT/LOIRE, 0.3 km away at 112 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 — 45270/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45270/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45270/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45270/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45290
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
Roquefort	40	467 km SW	1,990	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Brain-sur-Allonnes	49	178 km W	2,056	49.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset	69	283 km SE	2,017	62.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Marmagne	18	79 km S	1,963	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amant-Tallende	63	246 km S	1,866	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bellegarde-en-Forez	42	284 km SE	2,019	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marmagne	18	79 km S	1,963	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Brain-sur-Allonnes	49	178 km W	2,056	49.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Amant-Tallende	63	246 km S	1,866	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset	69	283 km SE	2,017	62.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Bellegarde-en-Forez	42	284 km SE	2,019	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 7 %
Roquefort	40	467 km SW	1,990	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire'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
Marmagne	18	79 km S	1,963	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amant-Tallende	63	246 km S	1,866	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bonneuil-Matours	86	182 km SW	2,081	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Maclas	42	327 km SE	1,868	72.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Beauzire	63	228 km S	2,210	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hurigny	71	249 km SE	1,959	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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