Malay
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Malay (INSEE 71272) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Entre Saône et Grosne. Population 225 (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/71272-malay
Vitality score
Vitality score 10.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 16,694 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.25 |
| Housing mix | 0.47 | 5 | 2.37 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 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 | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 237 (2012) → 225 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 200 (1990) → 225 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 26.3 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cormatin): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cormatin): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Cormatin): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Cormatin): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Cormatin): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CHISSEY-LES-MACON weather station, 6.1 km away at 254 m; the village itself is at 205 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LUGNY SA, 14 km away at 280 m, over 18 summers. [9]
That station sits 75 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ST-GENGOUX-LE-NATIONAL, 5.6 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71272/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71272/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71272/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71272/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71145
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignières | 10 | 163 km N | 223 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 % |
| Le Bois-Hellain | 27 | 440 km NW | 219 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marignac-en-Diois | 26 | 203 km S | 231 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cornusse | 18 | 155 km W | 226 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lascaux | 19 | 291 km SW | 228 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labassère | 65 | 532 km SW | 227 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornusse | 18 | 155 km W | 226 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lignières | 10 | 163 km N | 223 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 % |
| Marignac-en-Diois | 26 | 203 km S | 231 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lascaux | 19 | 291 km SW | 228 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bois-Hellain | 27 | 440 km NW | 219 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labassère | 65 | 532 km SW | 227 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 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 Malay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | 71 | 40 km N | 217 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auzas | 31 | 482 km SW | 222 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lucy-sur-Cure | 89 | 138 km NW | 210 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Argenteuil-sur-Armançon | 89 | 139 km N | 219 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Toulouse-le-Château | 39 | 75 km NE | 204 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Alcapiès | 12 | 320 km SW | 219 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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