Monthelon

Saône-et-Loire · CC du Grand Autunois Morvan · INSEE 71313

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monthelon (INSEE 71313) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC du Grand Autunois Morvan. Population 367 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 18,049 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.93	10	9.28
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 280 peak 2012: 394 2023: 367 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 394 (2012) → 367 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 257 (1990) → 367 (2023): 42.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 165, of which 4.8 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km NEFood shop — 4.1 km NEGP — 4.6 km EPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Autun): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Autun): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Autun): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Autun): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Monthelon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 75.7

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUTUN weather station, 3.5 km away at 303 m; the village itself is at 295 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AUTUN, 3.5 km away at 303 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUTUN, 3.5 km away at 303 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 — 71313/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71313/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71313/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71313/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71313
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
Rehaincourt	88	230 km NE	364	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Neufmoulin	80	392 km NW	368	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvray	89	113 km N	368	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Fourg	25	121 km E	370	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gatey	39	92 km E	373	24	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Monnerville	91	225 km NW	376	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gatey	39	92 km E	373	24	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Rouvray	89	113 km N	368	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Fourg	25	121 km E	370	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Monnerville	91	225 km NW	376	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Rehaincourt	88	230 km NE	364	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Neufmoulin	80	392 km NW	368	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 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 Monthelon'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
Rehaincourt	88	230 km NE	364	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sornay	70	117 km E	357	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Hadigny-les-Verrières	88	226 km NE	374	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Véronnes	21	100 km NE	386	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuveville-sous-Châtenois	88	194 km NE	363	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saincaize-Meauce	58	87 km W	358	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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