Bissey-sous-Cruchaud

Identity

Bissey-sous-Cruchaud (INSEE 71034) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise. Population 333 (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/71034-bissey-sous-cruchaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,999 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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 339 (2012) → 333 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 333 (2023): 19.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 9.9 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Buxy): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Buxy): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Buxy): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mercurey): 11.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bissey-sous-Cruchaud): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUXY weather station, 2.7 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 304 m. ^[11]

The village sits 74 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 15.1 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 117 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUXY, 2.7 km away at 230 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 — 71034/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71034/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71034/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71034/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71070
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71294
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71034
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024