Frontenaud

Saône-et-Loire · CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' · INSEE 71209

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Frontenaud (INSEE 71209) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. Population 725 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71209-frontenaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 16,267 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.71	10	7.06
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE FRONTENALIENNE - CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE PÔLE DE FRONTENAUD). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	EPICERIE FRONTENALIENNE - CAFE DE LA PLACE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	FRONTENAUD RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE PÔLE DE FRONTENAUD	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 717 peak 2012: 754 2023: 725 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 754 (2012) → 725 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 601 (1990) → 725 (2023): 20.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 408, of which 17.4 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.4 km NGP — 5.7 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 (Sagy): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Frontenaud): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sagy): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sagy): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 54.9

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VARENNES-ST-SA weather station, 3.9 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 205 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 3.9 km away at 207 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 3.9 km away at 207 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 — 71209/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71209/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71209/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71209/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71379
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71209
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
Aigremont	30	302 km S	782	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnay-l'Évêque	28	323 km NW	739	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Flaujac-Poujols	46	380 km SW	811	27	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Villeloin-Coulangé	37	317 km W	580	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival	63	210 km SW	571	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Channay-sur-Lathan	37	395 km W	803	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival	63	210 km SW	571	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Aigremont	30	302 km S	782	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Villeloin-Coulangé	37	317 km W	580	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnay-l'Évêque	28	323 km NW	739	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Flaujac-Poujols	46	380 km SW	811	27	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Channay-sur-Lathan	37	395 km W	803	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Frontenaud'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
Yvoy-le-Marron	41	287 km NW	746	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Prailles-La Couarde	79	423 km W	929	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Landes	17	457 km W	575	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Thorette	18	243 km W	473	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Champvert	58	140 km W	741	10.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Cherves	86	403 km W	529	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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