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Demigny

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71170

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

Partly served 41.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Demigny (INSEE 71170) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 1,756 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/71170-demigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 10,471 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.69106.92
Housing mix0.9354.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE DEMIGNY). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (CHEZ MIMIT · CAVE ET CUISINE · LEKEBAB.COM). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB LES MARRONNIERS). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAULINE BLAQUE DUPATY, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (COTE COULEUR). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL DE DEMIGNYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant4CHEZ MIMIT · CAVE ET CUISINE · LEKEBAB.COMINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB LES MARRONNIERSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1PAULINE BLAQUE DUPATY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE FOUCHERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1DEMIGNY PROXIMARCHE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COTE COULEURINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 885 peak 2017: 1,794 2023: 1,756 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,752 (2012) → 1,756 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,473 (1990) → 1,756 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 830, of which 3.5 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.5 km S (Demigny)Food shop — 3.6 km N (Merceuil)
In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km SFood shop — 3.6 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 (Demigny): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Merceuil): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Demigny): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Demigny): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Demigny): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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, 9.2 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at RULLY, 10 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, 9.2 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 — 71170/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71170/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71170/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71170/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71170
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21405
  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
Ostheim68234 km NE1,65139.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Acquigny27369 km NW1,73349.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf42172 km S1,71254.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Crespières78307 km NW1,71942.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Thilouze37324 km W1,81544.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Bueil27337 km NW1,64238.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf42172 km S1,71254.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Ostheim68234 km NE1,65139.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Crespières78307 km NW1,71942.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Thilouze37324 km W1,81544.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Bueil27337 km NW1,64238.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Acquigny27369 km NW1,73349.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · 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 Demigny'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
Ostheim68234 km NE1,65139.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaines7110 km SW1,84139.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Reiningue68202 km NE1,89449Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Seebach67326 km NE1,61644.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Beaufort-Orbagna3961 km SE1,48133.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Oberbronn67304 km NE1,40435.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %