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Charnay-lès-Chalon

Saône-et-Loire · CC Saône Doubs Bresse · INSEE 71104

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

No daily shops 11.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charnay-lès-Chalon (INSEE 71104) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Saône Doubs Bresse. Population 197 (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/71104-charnay-les-chalon

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 15,879 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 & culture050
Population trend0.64106.39
Housing mix0.6853.38

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 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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]

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, Library. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 231 2023: 197 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 183 (2012) → 197 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 173 (1990) → 197 (2023): 13.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 16.2 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.8 km E (Navilly)Bakery — 7.1 km SW (Verdun-Ciel)Food shop — 7.1 km SW (Verdun-Ciel)GP — 7.3 km SW (Verdun-Ciel)Pharmacy — 7.4 km SW (Verdun-Ciel)
Primary school — 3.8 km EBakery — 7.1 km SWFood shop — 7.1 km SWGP — 7.3 km SWPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Verdun-Ciel): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Verdun-Ciel): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Verdun-Ciel): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Verdun-Ciel): 7.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Navilly): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRAGNY SUR SAONE weather station, 5.7 km away at 183 m; the village itself is at 180 m. [10]

An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BRAGNY SUR SAONE, 5.7 km away at 183 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71104/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71104/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71104/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71104/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71566
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71329
  10. 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
Mont-sur-Monnet3962 km SE19911.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 0 %
Fozières34379 km S19414.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Kerprich-aux-Bois57244 km NE19715.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 61 %
Palhers48303 km SW2009.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 34 %
Brainans3941 km E20012.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Arnoult60385 km NW20211.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brainans3941 km E20012.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Mont-sur-Monnet3962 km SE19911.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 0 %
Kerprich-aux-Bois57244 km NE19715.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 61 %
Palhers48303 km SW2009.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 34 %
Fozières34379 km S19414.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Arnoult60385 km NW20211.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 99 %

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