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Chaudenay

Saône-et-Loire · CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay · INSEE 71119

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaudenay (INSEE 71119) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Population 1,116 (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/71119-chaudenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 13,672 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
Social0.592011.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.89108.92
Housing mix0.954.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (DUPONT MARIE-CLAIRE · MIMI ZEN). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE VIRAGE). [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAUDENAY RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHRISTELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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]
Restaurant3DUPONT MARIE-CLAIRE · MIMI ZENINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE VIRAGEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1CHAUDENAY RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CHRISTELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 742 2023: 1,116 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,079 (2012) → 1,116 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 802 (1990) → 1,116 (2023): 39.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 508, of which 4.9 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.8 km SW (Chagny)Pharmacy — 2.8 km SW (Chagny)Bakery — 2.9 km SW (Chagny)GP — 3.0 km W (Chagny)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km SWBakery — 2.9 km SWGP — 3.0 km W 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 (Chagny): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chagny): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Chagny): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Chagny): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Chaudenay): 0 km to the south (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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FONTAINES weather station, 6.3 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 203 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at RULLY, 6.5 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. [10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FONTAINES, 6.3 km away at 200 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 — 71119/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71119/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71119/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71119/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71073
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71119
  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
Saint-Romain-d'Ay07195 km S1,16433.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Bouée44509 km W1,09736.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
La Croix-Blanche47432 km SW1,07539.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Feins35507 km W1,07436.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Le Merzer22616 km W98641.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Radenac56576 km W1,06634.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Romain-d'Ay07195 km S1,16433.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
La Croix-Blanche47432 km SW1,07539.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 43 %
Feins35507 km W1,07436.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Bouée44509 km W1,09736.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Radenac56576 km W1,06634.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Le Merzer22616 km W98641.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · 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 Chaudenay'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
Saint-Vincent43208 km S1,08933.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc0188 km S1,22930.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villegusien-le-Lac52100 km NE1,00031.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-d'Aurec43181 km S1,11531.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Effiat63153 km SW1,12437.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Oyeu38174 km S1,10632.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %