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Bellevesvre

Saône-et-Loire · CC Bresse Nord Intercom' · INSEE 71029

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellevesvre (INSEE 71029) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Nord Intercom'. Population 315 (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/71029-bellevesvre

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,949 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.62106.21
Housing mix0.7353.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 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) (AU FOURNIL DE LUNA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ ZAMOU). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NOUREDDINE BADREDDINE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLEVESVRE AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU FOURNIL DE LUNAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1CHEZ ZAMOUINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1NOUREDDINE BADREDDINE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BELLEVESVRE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 396 2023: 315 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 273 (2012) → 315 (2023): 15.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 315 (2023): 12.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 13.4 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 8.0 km NW (Pierre-de-Bresse)Pharmacy — 8.7 km E (Chaumergy)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 8.0 km NWPharmacy — 8.7 km E 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 (Bellevesvre): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pierre-de-Bresse): 8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bellevesvre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Chaumergy): 8.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Bellevesvre): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-DU-B weather station, 13.5 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 190 m. [11]

An average of 1,001 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BELLEVESVRE, 0.2 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71029/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71029/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71029/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71029/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71029
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71351
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39124
  11. 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
Monguilhem32546 km SW28238.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 38 %
Chamesson21123 km NW24831.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Vanlay10166 km NW28428.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Dun-le-Poëlier36277 km W44533.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Sivry-sur-Meuse55276 km N34127.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 74 %
Molompize15249 km SW27024.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chamesson21123 km NW24831.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Vanlay10166 km NW28428.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Molompize15249 km SW27024.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 %
Sivry-sur-Meuse55276 km N34127.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 74 %
Dun-le-Poëlier36277 km W44533.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Monguilhem32546 km SW28238.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 38 %

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