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Céron

Saône-et-Loire · CC de Marcigny · INSEE 71071

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Céron (INSEE 71071) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC de Marcigny. Population 263 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/71071-ceron

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 17,415 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.34103.4
Housing mix0.7353.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUEINSEE 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: 460 2023: 263 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 288 (2012) → 263 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 263 (2023): -16 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 181, of which 13.3 % second homes and 17.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 4.3 km NW (Le Bouchaud)Primary school — 4.4 km NW (Le Bouchaud)Food shop — 6.8 km E (Marcigny)GP — 7.3 km E (Marcigny)Pharmacy — 13.2 km SW (La Pacaudière)
Bakery — 4.3 km NWPrimary school — 4.4 km NWFood shop — 6.8 km EGP — 7.3 km EPharmacy — 13.2 km SW 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 (Le Bouchaud): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marcigny): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Marcigny): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (La Pacaudière): 13.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Le Bouchaud): 4.4 km to the north-west (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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MARCIGNY weather station, 7 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 264 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MARCIGNY, 7 km away at 250 m, over 10 summers. [11]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MARCIGNY, 7 km away at 250 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 — 71071/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71071/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71071/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71071/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03035
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71275
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42163
  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
Ouzouer-des-Champs45201 km NW27915.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Mirabel46234 km SW29618No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Buxières-d'Aillac36173 km W23811.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Teyjat24272 km W27110No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Lentiol38142 km SE24218.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Les Guerreaux7128 km N2269.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Guerreaux7128 km N2269.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lentiol38142 km SE24218.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Buxières-d'Aillac36173 km W23811.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Ouzouer-des-Champs45201 km NW27915.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Mirabel46234 km SW29618No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Teyjat24272 km W27110No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %

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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 Céron'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ouzouer-des-Champs45201 km NW27915.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lentiol38142 km SE24218.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Artaix716.7 km SE35312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Voir0335 km NW20113No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Mercy0338 km NW2447No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Charmoy7161 km NE27610.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %