Mary

Identity

Mary (INSEE 71286) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. Population 281 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71286-mary

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,659 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.

Services

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 234 (2012) → 281 (2023): 20.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 224 (1990) → 281 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 154, of which 17.5 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Joncy): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mont-Saint-Vincent): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Rousset-Marizy): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Joncy): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mary): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MT-ST-VINCENT weather station, 2.1 km away at 601 m; the village itself is at 483 m. ^[12]

The village sits 118 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MT-ST-VINCENT, 2.1 km away at 601 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 118 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MT-ST-VINCENT, 2.1 km away at 601 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71286/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71286/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71286/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71286/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71242
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71320
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71279
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71286
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024