La Chaux

Saône-et-Loire · CC Bresse Nord Intercom' · INSEE 71121

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chaux (INSEE 71121) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Nord Intercom'. Population 322 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,980 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.18
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAS M.G.V · CHEZ NANOU). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Library (RELAIS DE LA CHAUX). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	SAS M.G.V · CHEZ NANOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	RELAIS DE LA CHAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 374 2023: 322 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 304 (2012) → 322 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 322 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 14.1 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km NFood shop — 5.4 km NGP — 6.0 km NPharmacy — 6.2 km N 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 Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierre-de-Bresse): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pierre-de-Bresse): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pierre-de-Bresse): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.6

Days at or below 0 °C 67.3

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-DU-B weather station, 8.4 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 212 m. ^[11]

An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PIERRE DE BRESSE, 6.3 km away at 208 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 — 71121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71121
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
Moissannes	87	303 km W	328	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Quézac	15	332 km SW	344	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %
Omps	15	317 km SW	314	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite	63	224 km SW	327	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 %
Montsalès	12	365 km SW	319	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %
Brandonnet	12	364 km SW	287	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite	63	224 km SW	327	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 %
Moissannes	87	303 km W	328	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Omps	15	317 km SW	314	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Quézac	15	332 km SW	344	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %
Brandonnet	12	364 km SW	287	25.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 89 %
Montsalès	12	365 km SW	319	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %

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