Saint-Albain

Identity

Saint-Albain (INSEE 71383) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Mâconnais - Tournugeois. Population 550 (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/71383-saint-albain

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,522 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE SECRET DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (EN DIRECT DU PRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PORTE DE BOURGOGNE · ROYAL FOOD 2.0). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (ESPACE 29 2.0). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL MACON LA SALLE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 524 (2012) → 550 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 406 (1990) → 550 (2023): 35.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 284, of which 2.5 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Albain): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Albain): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Viré): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fleurville): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Albain): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUGNY SA weather station, 7.4 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[11]

The village sits 104 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUGNY SA, 7.4 km away at 280 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 104 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LUGNY, 6.7 km away at 247 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71383/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71383/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71383/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71383/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71383
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71584
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71591
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024