Ligny-en-Brionnais

Saône-et-Loire · CC de Semur en Brionnais · INSEE 71259

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ligny-en-Brionnais (INSEE 71259) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC de Semur en Brionnais. Population 375 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 18,072 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.58
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM RPI). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOL PRIM RPI	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 383 2023: 375 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 346 (2012) → 375 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 298 (1990) → 375 (2023): 25.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 15.8 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km WFood shop — 3.7 km WGP — 4.0 km EPharmacy — 6.7 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-Julien-de-Jonzy): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Maurice-lès-Châteauneuf): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ligny-en-Brionnais): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.8

Days at or below 0 °C 53.9

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BRIANT weather station, 7.7 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 376 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 337 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRIANT, 7.7 km away at 390 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 — 71259/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71259/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71259/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71259/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71463
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42215
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71259
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
Droiturier	03	36 km W	364	15.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Écorcei	61	387 km NW	367	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Persquen	56	593 km W	365	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Andouque	81	287 km SW	383	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quintin-sur-Sioule	63	88 km W	387	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne	23	163 km W	362	14.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Droiturier	03	36 km W	364	15.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Quintin-sur-Sioule	63	88 km W	387	21.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne	23	163 km W	362	14.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Andouque	81	287 km SW	383	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Écorcei	61	387 km NW	367	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Persquen	56	593 km W	365	16.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Ligny-en-Brionnais'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
Ciez	58	155 km NW	378	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cudot	89	209 km N	395	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-les-Genêts	89	186 km NW	312	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Meillard	03	75 km W	303	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Pérouille	36	211 km W	427	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Annay	58	173 km NW	343	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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