Messey-sur-Grosne

Saône-et-Loire · CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise · INSEE 71296

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Messey-sur-Grosne (INSEE 71296) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise. Population 742 (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/71296-messey-sur-grosne

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 16,111 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.79	10	7.93
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PERREAUT BOULANGERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BOULEDOGUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SOT-L'Y-LAISSE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (L'ÉPICERIE DES MOTS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PERREAUT BOULANGERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE BOULEDOGUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SOT-L'Y-LAISSE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	L'ÉPICERIE DES MOTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 385 peak 2017: 753 2023: 742 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 738 (2012) → 742 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 574 (1990) → 742 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 8.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 3.7 km EFood shop — 7.3 km SWPharmacy — 9.6 km E 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 (Messey-sur-Grosne): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gengoux-le-National): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lalheue): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sennecey-le-Grand): 9.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Messey-sur-Grosne): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUXY weather station, 7.8 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 195 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 10.7 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BUXY, 7.8 km away at 230 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 — 71296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71417
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71252
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71512
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
Dorat	63	128 km SW	719	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Galargues	34	325 km S	752	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vénérand	17	419 km W	771	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy	21	116 km N	673	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
La Bosse-de-Bretagne	35	498 km W	696	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Noordpeene	59	493 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Rémy	21	116 km N	673	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Dorat	63	128 km SW	719	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Galargues	34	325 km S	752	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vénérand	17	419 km W	771	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Noordpeene	59	493 km N	825	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 64 %
La Bosse-de-Bretagne	35	498 km W	696	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Messey-sur-Grosne'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
Gigny-sur-Saône	71	15 km E	580	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pigny	18	184 km W	966	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nanton	71	6.2 km SE	666	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Clarac	31	511 km SW	672	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Palais	18	188 km W	610	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Civray	18	199 km W	926	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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