Baron

Identity

Baron (INSEE 71021) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Le Grand Charolais. Population 274 (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/71021-baron

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,590 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.

Services

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

1 × Fishmonger (ESQUIROL MAREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE VIEUX CHENE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 296 (2012) → 274 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 184 (1990) → 274 (2023): 48.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 159, of which 21.4 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Martigny-le-Comte): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charolles): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Bonnet-de-Vieille-Vigne): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Charolles): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Aubin-en-Charollais): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHAROLLES weather station, 7.1 km away at 309 m; the village itself is at 366 m. ^[12]

The village sits 57 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-VALLIER, 18.3 km away at 280 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 86 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHAROLLES, 7.1 km away at 309 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71021/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71021/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71021/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71021/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71285
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71106
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71395
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71388
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024