Bey

Saône-et-Loire · CC Saône Doubs Bresse · INSEE 71033

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

Partly served 47.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bey (INSEE 71033) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Saône Doubs Bresse. Population 870 (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/71033-bey

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 15,190 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 PAIN A DORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (VPV). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUBEYRGE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PAIN A DORE	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	1	VPV	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AUBEYRGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 353 2023: 870 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 790 (2012) → 870 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 870 (2023): 57 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 2.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.7 km SWFood shop — 5.0 km NPharmacy — 6.5 km N 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 (Bey): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gergy): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châtenoy-en-Bresse): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gergy): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bey): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 57.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARCEL weather station, 6.1 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 10.7 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALLERIOT, 1.9 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71033/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71033/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71033/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71033/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71033
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71117
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
Margerie-Chantagret	42	160 km SW	860	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
Millam	59	491 km NW	838	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 76 %
Thiennes	59	464 km N	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	538 km W	824	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Wierre-Effroy	62	500 km NW	834	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Noordpeene	59	482 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Margerie-Chantagret	42	160 km SW	860	47.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
Thiennes	59	464 km N	920	48.7	Partly served	no figures
Noordpeene	59	482 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Millam	59	491 km NW	838	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 28 % · winter 76 %
Wierre-Effroy	62	500 km NW	834	46.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens	35	538 km W	824	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Bey'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
Chanoz-Châtenay	01	71 km S	989	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat	01	83 km SE	938	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse	71	7.5 km S	1,090	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cabrières-d'Aigues	84	340 km S	946	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Bren	26	187 km S	709	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Faramans	01	102 km S	934	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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