Cronat

Saône-et-Loire · CC Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme · INSEE 71155

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

Partly served 42/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cronat (INSEE 71155) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme. Population 506 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 42/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,753 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.27	10	2.75
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE K'MION). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (GITES DES VOYAGEURS). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BLOND). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (GITES DES VOYAGEURS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE K'MION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	GITES DES VOYAGEURS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BLOND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	GITES DES VOYAGEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 874 2023: 506 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 563 (2012) → 506 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 653 (1990) → 506 (2023): -22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 359, of which 10.3 % second homes and 22.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 9.9 km SGP — 10.8 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 (Garnat-sur-Engièvre): 9.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cronat): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fours): 10.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cronat): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cronat): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VITRY/LOIRE weather station, 4.4 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 230 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BOURBON-LANCY, 13 km away at 210 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VITRY/LOIRE, 4.4 km away at 258 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 — 71155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58118
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
Pailhès	09	439 km SW	511	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Jaligny-sur-Besbre	03	39 km S	559	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Senarpont	80	381 km N	623	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Jâlons	51	257 km N	549	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Rébénacq	64	510 km SW	639	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Beauville	47	349 km SW	551	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 53 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jaligny-sur-Besbre	03	39 km S	559	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Jâlons	51	257 km N	549	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Beauville	47	349 km SW	551	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 53 %
Senarpont	80	381 km N	623	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Pailhès	09	439 km SW	511	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Rébénacq	64	510 km SW	639	43.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Cronat'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
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	71 km E	538	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ris	63	82 km S	718	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gilly-sur-Loire	71	22 km S	480	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villeny	41	177 km NW	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bordes-Aumont	10	166 km N	544	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chaumergy	39	137 km E	510	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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