Les Bizots

Saône-et-Loire · CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines · INSEE 71038

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Bizots (INSEE 71038) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. Population 471 (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/71038-les-bizots

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,897 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	4.98
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PETIT CAMPAGNARD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LE PETIT CAMPAGNARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 286 peak 1990: 472 2023: 471 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 471 (2012) → 471 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 472 (1990) → 471 (2023): -0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 211, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NBakery — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 5.3 km NEGP — 5.8 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 (Montcenis): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montcenis): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montchanin): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Creusot): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Bizots): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 66

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TORCY weather station, 4.3 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 342 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TORCY, 4.3 km away at 317 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TORCY, 4.3 km away at 317 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71309
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71038
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
Amettes	62	445 km N	469	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Samonac	33	427 km SW	474	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Sailly-Saillisel	80	380 km N	469	28	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Escarmain	59	392 km N	479	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Penin	62	422 km N	458	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Florimont	90	220 km NE	473	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Florimont	90	220 km NE	473	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Sailly-Saillisel	80	380 km N	469	28	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Escarmain	59	392 km N	479	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Penin	62	422 km N	458	31	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Samonac	33	427 km SW	474	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Amettes	62	445 km N	469	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · 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 Les Bizots'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
Vauchassis	10	167 km N	502	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genès-du-Retz	63	118 km SW	471	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Freybouse	57	307 km NE	422	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Maixe	54	261 km NE	409	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Noironte	25	127 km NE	405	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villerable	41	277 km NW	485	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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