Épervans

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71189

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épervans (INSEE 71189) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 1,667 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/71189-epervans

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 10,842 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.73
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (SCONNAMILLA MAURO · FOOD'ART 99 · LES PETITS EXTRAS DE SARA · L'ILE CHAUMETTE · NAZAR KEBAB). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHARLES-EMILE JACQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KAREN ESPAZE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFF & MOI). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	6	SCONNAMILLA MAURO · FOOD'ART 99 · LES PETITS EXTRAS DE SARA · L'ILE CHAUMETTE · NAZAR KEBAB	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHARLES-EMILE JACQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	KAREN ESPAZE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	EPERVANS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	COIFF & MOI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 947 2023: 1,667 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,594 (2012) → 1,667 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,310 (1990) → 1,667 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 773, of which 0.8 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.6 km NFood shop — 3.2 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 (Épervans): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Épervans): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Épervans): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 57.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARCEL weather station, 3.6 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 10.3 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARCEL, 3.6 km away at 187 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71189/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71189/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71189/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71189/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71445
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
Châteaufort	78	305 km NW	1,564	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Hangenbieten	67	286 km NE	1,822	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Denguin	64	568 km SW	1,765	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 7 %
Battenheim	68	222 km NE	1,560	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Peltre	57	277 km N	1,790	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Wettolsheim	68	232 km NE	1,784	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Battenheim	68	222 km NE	1,560	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Wettolsheim	68	232 km NE	1,784	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Peltre	57	277 km N	1,790	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hangenbieten	67	286 km NE	1,822	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Châteaufort	78	305 km NW	1,564	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Denguin	64	568 km SW	1,765	39.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Épervans'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
Beaucroissant	38	163 km S	1,790	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Grignon	73	167 km SE	2,099	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Foucherans	39	56 km NE	2,284	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Murette	38	160 km S	1,836	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Charnècles	38	164 km S	1,517	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vérand	38	178 km S	1,711	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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