Santeau

Loiret · CC du Pithiverais · INSEE 45301

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Santeau (INSEE 45301) is in Loiret (45), part of CC du Pithiverais. Population 390 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 18,040 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.44
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CROQU'SOLEIL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	CROQU'SOLEIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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 PRIMAIRE 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	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	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: 285 peak 2017: 420 2023: 390 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 369 (2012) → 390 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 270 (1990) → 390 (2023): 44.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 8.1 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km SEGP — 3.2 km SFood shop — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.7 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 (Santeau): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chilleurs-aux-Bois): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chilleurs-aux-Bois): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chilleurs-aux-Bois): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Santeau): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 46.3

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PITHIVIERS-LE-V weather station, 9.3 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[10]

An average of 703 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHILLEURS-AUX-B, 4.8 km away at 120 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 — 45301/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45301/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45301/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45301/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45095
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
Marnoz	39	305 km SE	365	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Assé-le-Bérenger	53	183 km W	395	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Dennebrœucq	62	275 km N	391	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Seine-en-Bâche	21	265 km SE	407	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Sus	64	579 km SW	371	27	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
Mondreville	78	99 km NW	381	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mondreville	78	99 km NW	381	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
Assé-le-Bérenger	53	183 km W	395	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Seine-en-Bâche	21	265 km SE	407	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Dennebrœucq	62	275 km N	391	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %
Marnoz	39	305 km SE	365	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Sus	64	579 km SW	371	27	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %

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