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Cercié

Rhône · CC Saône-Beaujolais · INSEE 69036

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

Partly served 54.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cercié (INSEE 69036) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Saône-Beaujolais. Population 1,131 (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/69036-cercie

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 13,592 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.39259.84
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9254.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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) (LES GOURMANDISES DE MELIANA). [3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GONE KOKOUTSE). [3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (CDRIC PIZZA · LE KIOSQUE A SUSHI · EG). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA ROCHE BLEUE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDINE RANC, MÉDECIN · ELODIE SIMON, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DUMONT-FOILLARD). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (EL'COME). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES GOURMANDISES DE MELIANAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1GONE KOKOUTSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3CDRIC PIZZA · LE KIOSQUE A SUSHI · EGINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA ROCHE BLEUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2CLAUDINE RANC, MÉDECIN · ELODIE SIMON, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DUMONT-FOILLARDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1EL'COMEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 506 peak 2012: 1,149 2023: 1,131 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,149 (2012) → 1,131 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 648 (1990) → 1,131 (2023): 74.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 503, of which 4 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Lager): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cercié): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Cercié): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Cercié): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Cercié): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST-JEAN-D ARDIE weather station, 2.4 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST-JEAN-D ARDIE, 2.4 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. [10]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT LAGER, 1.6 km away at 262 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69036/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69036/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69036/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69036/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69218
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 69036
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Serrières0789 km S1,09550.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Rauzan33403 km W1,24760ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chârost18218 km NW88860.2ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Angerville-l'Orcher76506 km NW1,39560.5ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Félicien07115 km S1,11963ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Maroilles59452 km N1,45457.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Serrières0789 km S1,09550.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Félicien07115 km S1,11963ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Chârost18218 km NW88860.2ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rauzan33403 km W1,24760ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Maroilles59452 km N1,45457.5Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Angerville-l'Orcher76506 km NW1,39560.5ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Cercié'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Preignan32416 km SW1,20247.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Serrières-de-Briord0170 km SE1,31755.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide-Rouairoux81335 km SW1,42054.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
La Villedieu-du-Clain86333 km W1,51250.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lussant17424 km W1,00443.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Champigny en Rochereau86352 km W1,87846Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %