Mervans

Identity

Mervans (INSEE 71295) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Revermont 71. Population 1,485 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/71295-mervans

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 86 % of the 11,713 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE MERVANS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE · LA PASSION DES VIANDES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA POPOTE D'ANTOINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L ' HUTEAU · BOURGOGNE COCKTAILS). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE COSTET, MÉDECIN · EMILIE DELIANCE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NOUVEAU CHOLLON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERVANS LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE CCBR 71 DE MERVANS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SELEC'TIFS). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE MARVANS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PLAN D EAU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,463 (2012) → 1,485 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,231 (1990) → 1,485 (2023): 20.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 807, of which 6.6 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mervans): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mervans): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mervans): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-du-Bois): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mervans): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-GERMAIN-DU-B weather station, 6.5 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,011 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-DU-B, 6.5 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

108 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 120,000 € — 924 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

12 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 120,000 € — 477 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Saône-et-Loire is 1,210 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71295/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71295/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71295/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71295/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71295
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71419
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025