Ratenelle

Saône-et-Loire · CC Terres de Bresse · INSEE 71366

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ratenelle (INSEE 71366) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Terres de Bresse. Population 363 (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 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 18,039 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.77	10	7.69
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (HAIR I'K COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 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	1	RATENELLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	HAIR I'K COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 327 peak 2017: 389 2023: 363 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 381 (2012) → 363 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 363 (2023): 26.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 8.6 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km NGP — 3.6 km NFood shop — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 3.7 km N 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 (Cuisery): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cuisery): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cuisery): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cuisery): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.2

Days at or below 0 °C 57.6

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROMENAY weather station, 5.1 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 14.7 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROMENAY, 5.1 km away at 210 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 — 71366/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71366/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71366/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71366/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71366
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
Val-de-Mercy	89	167 km NW	363	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Chérancé	72	414 km NW	353	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Ambroix	18	225 km W	374	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrepont	02	359 km N	341	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Mareuil	16	406 km W	398	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Clairegoutte	70	175 km NE	347	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val-de-Mercy	89	167 km NW	363	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Clairegoutte	70	175 km NE	347	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Ambroix	18	225 km W	374	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrepont	02	359 km N	341	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Mareuil	16	406 km W	398	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Chérancé	72	414 km NW	353	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %

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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 Ratenelle'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
Saint-Ambroix	18	225 km W	374	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ardiège	31	517 km SW	381	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont-sur-Grosne	71	20 km NW	334	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Plancard	31	512 km SW	398	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maisonneuve	86	379 km W	319	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Mercenac	09	497 km SW	352	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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