Champagnat

Identity

Champagnat (INSEE 71079) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. Population 460 (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/71079-champagnat

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,957 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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE DE LOUVAREL). ^[3,4]

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 498 (2012) → 460 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 497 (1990) → 460 (2023): -7.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 264, of which 12.9 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cuiseaux): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cuiseaux): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cuiseaux): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amour): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Champagnat): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VARENNES-ST-SA weather station, 10.9 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 296 m. ^[11]

The village sits 89 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 10.9 km away at 207 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 89 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 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 10.9 km away at 207 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 — 71079/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71079/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71079/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71079/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71157
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39475
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71079
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024