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Igornay

Saône-et-Loire · CC du Grand Autunois Morvan · INSEE 71237

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Igornay (INSEE 71237) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC du Grand Autunois Morvan. Population 515 (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/71237-igornay

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,741 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.45104.54
Housing mix0.8154.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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 2 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION GENERALE GUENOT). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ LULU). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'IGORNAY). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1ALIMENTATION GENERALE GUENOTINSEE 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]
Restaurant2CHEZ LULUINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1IGORNAY RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'IGORNAYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 386 peak 1990: 540 2023: 515 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 533 (2012) → 515 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 540 (1990) → 515 (2023): -4.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 9.3 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 4.8 km SW (Dracy-Saint-Loup)Pharmacy — 10.5 km SW (Autun)GP — 11.2 km SW (Autun)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km SWPharmacy — 10.5 km SWGP — 11.2 km SW 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 (Dracy-Saint-Loup): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Igornay): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Autun): 11.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Autun): 10.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Igornay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LUCENAY weather station, 11.6 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 313 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at AUTUN, 12 km away at 303 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at EPINAC, 10.3 km away at 325 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71237/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71237/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71237/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71237/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71184
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71237
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71014
  11. 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
La Chapelle-au-Riboul53387 km NW50537Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Sanxay86340 km W54836.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Grand'Rivière9726,960 km W48734.1Few servicesno figures
Monfort32456 km SW51540.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Nonards19300 km SW48239.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Artigat09492 km SW57442.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 8 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nonards19300 km SW48239.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Sanxay86340 km W54836.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-au-Riboul53387 km NW50537Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Monfort32456 km SW51540.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Artigat09492 km SW57442.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 8 % · humidity 57 %
Grand'Rivière9726,960 km W48734.1Few servicesno figures

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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 Igornay'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
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay70128 km NE55536.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mazille7175 km S40035.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vignols19300 km SW53626.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ferdrupt88200 km NE73838.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bouligney70169 km NE40128.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Arvillard73223 km SE86138.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %