La Charmée

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71102

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Charmée (INSEE 71102) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 681 (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/71102-la-charmee

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 16,494 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.27
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE DES BRUYERES). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (O CISEAUX DE LUCIE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PATISSERIE DES BRUYERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	O CISEAUX DE LUCIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 266 peak 2017: 695 2023: 681 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 692 (2012) → 681 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 604 (1990) → 681 (2023): 12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 3.9 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km NWFood shop — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km NEGP — 6.0 km NE 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 (La Charmée): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Rémy): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lux): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Charmée): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 55

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUXY weather station, 7.4 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 12.1 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[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, 7.4 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71475
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71269
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
Dangolsheim	67	287 km NE	681	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gault-Saint-Denis	28	301 km NW	666	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Maslives	41	270 km NW	649	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Écuillé	49	417 km W	655	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Trèves	69	132 km S	712	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Aschbach	67	343 km NE	633	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trèves	69	132 km S	712	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Maslives	41	270 km NW	649	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Dangolsheim	67	287 km NE	681	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gault-Saint-Denis	28	301 km NW	666	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aschbach	67	343 km NE	633	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Écuillé	49	417 km W	655	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · 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 La Charmée'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
Dangolsheim	67	287 km NE	681	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gault-Saint-Denis	28	301 km NW	666	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aschbach	67	343 km NE	633	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Haraucourt	54	246 km NE	729	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaines-en-Sologne	41	261 km W	661	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Coulmiers	45	272 km NW	576	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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