Le Fay

Identity

Le Fay (INSEE 71196) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. Population 616 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71196-le-fay

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,922 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE FAY AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ENKVAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 635 (2012) → 616 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 552 (1990) → 616 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 401, of which 16.2 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Fay): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saillenard): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaurepaire-en-Bresse): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sagy): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Le Fay): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-DU-B weather station, 11.8 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 16.3 km away at 207 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,124 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNY-EN-REV, 5.3 km away at 199 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

71 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 154,500 € — 1,320 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Saône-et-Loire is 1,210 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71196/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71196/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71196/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71196/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71196
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71380
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71027
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71379
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025