Lalheue

Saône-et-Loire · CC Entre Saône et Grosne · INSEE 71252

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lalheue (INSEE 71252) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Entre Saône et Grosne. Population 363 (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/71252-lalheue

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 18,039 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.89	10	8.91
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RAPHAEL BEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	RAPHAEL BEL, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 240 peak 2017: 395 2023: 363 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 384 (2012) → 363 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 261 (1990) → 363 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 17.1 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.6 km EFood shop — 5.9 km EPharmacy — 6.0 km E 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 (Laives): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sennecey-le-Grand): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lalheue): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sennecey-le-Grand): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lalheue): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.4

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SENNECEY weather station, 7.3 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 7.3 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 887 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SENNECEY, 7.3 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71512
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71252
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
Gissey-sur-Ouche	21	69 km N	362	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Vatilieu	38	162 km S	373	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
La Thuile	73	158 km SE	353	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
La Capelle-Balaguier	12	331 km SW	346	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Laroquevieille	15	252 km SW	350	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Seuilly	37	355 km W	368	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gissey-sur-Ouche	21	69 km N	362	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
La Thuile	73	158 km SE	353	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
Vatilieu	38	162 km S	373	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Laroquevieille	15	252 km SW	350	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
La Capelle-Balaguier	12	331 km SW	346	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Seuilly	37	355 km W	368	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Lalheue'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
Mancey	71	9.0 km SE	392	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Senneçay	18	183 km W	443	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Betchat	09	495 km SW	355	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Viricelles	42	115 km S	449	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ormes	71	13 km E	507	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colome	64	568 km SW	354	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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