Blanzy

Saône-et-Loire · CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines · INSEE 71040

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

Partly served 50.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blanzy (INSEE 71040) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. Population 5,955 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71040-blanzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 3,979 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	0.34	25	8.4
Social	0.8	20	16.03
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.28	10	2.79
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON RIZET · SARL CHALOIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (A. AUDRY). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (UTILE · SUPERETTE DE BLANZY). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (SARL POISSONNERIE MODERNE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LA CIGALE PORTAGE 71 · LE MARYLAND). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (BAR LE COQUILLAGE · BAR LE SOCCER · LA VIE EST UNE FETE · LE PLESSIS). ^[4]

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

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB JEAN REGNIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE RENE PICARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIE AUBRAC). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALBERT CHEVALLIER, MÉDECIN · NAHED BAKIER, MÉDECIN · MÉGANE D'AVERSA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOIS CLAIR · PHARMACIE DES ROMPOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOISE GIROUD). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BUREAU 0301). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SARL ZOE COIFFURE · ATTITUDE · DIMINU'TIFS). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE MARYLAND). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MAISON RIZET · SARL CHALOIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	A. AUDRY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	UTILE · SUPERETTE DE BLANZY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	SARL POISSONNERIE MODERNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	LA CIGALE PORTAGE 71 · LE MARYLAND	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	BAR LE COQUILLAGE · BAR LE SOCCER · LA VIE EST UNE FETE · LE PLESSIS	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CHARBONNIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB JEAN REGNIER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE RENE PICARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIE AUBRAC	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ALBERT CHEVALLIER, MÉDECIN · NAHED BAKIER, MÉDECIN · MÉGANE D'AVERSA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DU BOIS CLAIR · PHARMACIE DES ROMPOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOISE GIROUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	BUREAU 0301	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SARL ZOE COIFFURE · ATTITUDE · DIMINU'TIFS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE MARYLAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 4,470 peak 1990: 7,642 2023: 5,955 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,481 (2012) → 5,955 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,642 (1990) → 5,955 (2023): -22.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,165, of which 0.9 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.2 km S 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 (Blanzy): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blanzy): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Blanzy): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Blanzy): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Blanzy): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24

Days at or below 0 °C 70.4

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST-VALLIER weather station, 6.2 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 290 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-VALLIER, 6.2 km away at 280 m, over 13 summers. ^[9]

An average of 906 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BLANZY, 3.9 km away at 305 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71040/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71040/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71040/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71040/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71040
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
Fontenilles	31	430 km SW	5,906	47.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Seloncourt	25	205 km NE	5,854	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Hersin-Coupigny	62	436 km N	6,082	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Le Palais-sur-Vienne	87	253 km W	5,775	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Prades-le-Lez	34	336 km S	6,184	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Marolles-en-Hurepoix	91	260 km NW	5,708	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Seloncourt	25	205 km NE	5,854	48.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Palais-sur-Vienne	87	253 km W	5,775	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Marolles-en-Hurepoix	91	260 km NW	5,708	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Prades-le-Lez	34	336 km S	6,184	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Fontenilles	31	430 km SW	5,906	47.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Hersin-Coupigny	62	436 km N	6,082	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Blanzy'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
Benfeld	67	304 km NE	5,973	61.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Châtenoy-le-Royal	71	34 km E	6,267	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Marsannay-la-Côte	21	78 km NE	5,433	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds	42	139 km S	6,563	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Domérat	03	147 km W	8,622	60.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lentilly	69	100 km S	6,623	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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