Montchanin

Saône-et-Loire · CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines · INSEE 71310

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

Partly served 48.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montchanin (INSEE 71310) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. Population 4,976 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 4,715 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.64	20	12.88
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.33	10	3.35
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE MONTCHANIN · SB CAKE DESIGN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LAROZE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (NEBENSI · COLRUYT PRIX-QUALITE). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LA FIESTA · REYNA 2 · LE PASSE TEMPS · COTE SUD · LA BOUCHERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (O BISTROT). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAUL LANGEVIN · ECOLE MATER CHARLES PERRAULT). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SERGE BOUTAVANT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL LANGEVIN). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANNE FRANK). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE LAGRANGE, MÉDECIN · ALIX BOLLOTTE, MÉDECIN · JOACHIM FAROUZ, MÉDECIN · CARINE TRAVERS, MÉDECIN · ERIC CELIQUA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (GRANDE PHARMACIE MONTCHANINOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LUCIEN PARRIAT). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MONTCHANIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE CENTRE-EST · CAISSE FEDERALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL SOCIETE A MISSION (APPLICATION LOI PACTE). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SARL IDEAL COIFFURE · ELEGANCE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT DES NÉGOCIANTS · KYRIAD · B&B LE CREUSOT MONTCHANIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LE FOURNIL DE MONTCHANIN · SB CAKE DESIGN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE LAROZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	NEBENSI · COLRUYT PRIX-QUALITE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	LA FIESTA · REYNA 2 · LE PASSE TEMPS · COTE SUD · LA BOUCHERIE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	O BISTROT	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAUL LANGEVIN · ECOLE MATER CHARLES PERRAULT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE SERGE BOUTAVANT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL LANGEVIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ANNE FRANK	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	HERVE LAGRANGE, MÉDECIN · ALIX BOLLOTTE, MÉDECIN · JOACHIM FAROUZ, MÉDECIN · CARINE TRAVERS, MÉDECIN · ERIC CELIQUA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	GRANDE PHARMACIE MONTCHANINOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE MUNICIPAL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF LUCIEN PARRIAT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MONTCHANIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE CENTRE-EST · CAISSE FEDERALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL SOCIETE A MISSION (APPLICATION LOI PACTE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SARL IDEAL COIFFURE · ELEGANCE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HÔTEL RESTAURANT DES NÉGOCIANTS · KYRIAD · B&B LE CREUSOT MONTCHANIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 6,408 2023: 4,976 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,307 (2012) → 4,976 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,960 (1990) → 4,976 (2023): -16.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,755, of which 2.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montchanin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montchanin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montchanin): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montchanin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montchanin): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TORCY weather station, 2 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 325 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TORCY, 2 km away at 317 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TORCY, 2 km away at 317 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71310/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/6eecd118-0ffd-3095-8b1b-e385c5439ca1— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71310/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71310/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71310/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71310
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
Bédée	35	508 km W	4,662	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Hœrdt	67	329 km NE	4,570	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Freneuse	78	333 km NW	4,505	47.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Roye	80	351 km N	5,833	65.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Marlenheim	67	307 km NE	4,185	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Fismes	51	291 km N	5,850	59.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fismes	51	291 km N	5,850	59.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Marlenheim	67	307 km NE	4,185	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Hœrdt	67	329 km NE	4,570	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Freneuse	78	333 km NW	4,505	47.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Roye	80	351 km N	5,833	65.9	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bédée	35	508 km W	4,662	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Montchanin'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
Jœuf	54	299 km N	6,392	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Genlis	21	79 km NE	5,093	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Faulquemont	57	301 km NE	5,109	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Herrlisheim	67	338 km NE	4,694	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Drusenheim	67	343 km NE	5,388	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Altkirch	68	231 km NE	5,687	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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