Lessard-en-Bresse

Saône-et-Loire · CC Terres de Bresse · INSEE 71256

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lessard-en-Bresse (INSEE 71256) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Terres de Bresse. Population 561 (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/71256-lessard-en-bresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,411 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.31
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

2 × Restaurant (SARL LABILLE ALEX · ATELIER A PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LESSARD EN BRESSE RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	SARL LABILLE ALEX · ATELIER A PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LESSARD EN BRESSE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 450 peak 2012: 563 2023: 561 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 563 (2012) → 561 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 392 (1990) → 561 (2023): 43.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 7.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km NBakery — 4.9 km SWGP — 7.0 km SPharmacy — 7.0 km S 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 (Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Diconne): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montret): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montret): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lessard-en-Bresse): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.6

Days at or below 0 °C 43.9

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SIMARD weather station, 7.3 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[12]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LESSARD, 1.8 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71256/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71256/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71256/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71256/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71319
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71256
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
Lasgraisses	81	403 km SW	559	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Gaye	51	237 km NW	564	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 100 %
Coulommiers-la-Tour	41	320 km NW	575	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Chânes	71	60 km SW	530	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 92 %
Marchélepot-Misery	80	381 km NW	575	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 99 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	458 km W	573	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chânes	71	60 km SW	530	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 92 %
Gaye	51	237 km NW	564	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 100 %
Coulommiers-la-Tour	41	320 km NW	575	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Marchélepot-Misery	80	381 km NW	575	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 99 %
Lasgraisses	81	403 km SW	559	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	458 km W	573	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 80 %

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