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Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire

Saône-et-Loire · CC Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme · INSEE 71389

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

No daily shops 14.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire (INSEE 71389) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme. Population 262 (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/71389-saint-aubin-sur-loire

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,443 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.29102.92
Housing mix0.5552.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O SAVEURS DE DAVID). [4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1O SAVEURS DE DAVIDINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 398 2023: 262 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 312 (2012) → 262 (2023): -16 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 331 (1990) → 262 (2023): -20.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 203, of which 22.7 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.9 km S (Diou)Pharmacy — 3.9 km S (Diou)Primary school — 4.0 km S (Diou)Food shop — 4.3 km SE (Gilly-sur-Loire)GP — 6.1 km NW (Beaulon)
Bakery — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 3.9 km SPrimary school — 4.0 km SFood shop — 4.3 km SEGP — 6.1 km NW 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 (Diou): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gilly-sur-Loire): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Beaulon): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Diou): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Diou): 4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BOURBON-LANCY weather station, 4.7 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 224 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BOURBON-LANCY, 4.7 km away at 210 m, over 14 summers. [11]

An average of 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BOURBON-LANCY, 4.7 km away at 210 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 — 71389/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71389/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71389/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71389/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03100
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71220
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 03019
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montigny-sur-Avre28315 km NW25615.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Dehault72301 km NW24117.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villemagne11379 km S23619.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Bescat64505 km SW25516.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Aussurucq64530 km SW23014.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Trucy-l'Orgueilleux58101 km N21714.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Trucy-l'Orgueilleux58101 km N21714.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dehault72301 km NW24117.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-sur-Avre28315 km NW25615.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Villemagne11379 km S23619.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Bescat64505 km SW25516.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Aussurucq64530 km SW23014.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %

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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 Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Trucy-l'Orgueilleux58101 km N21714.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fourilles0356 km SW19516.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
L'Abergement-de-Varey01143 km SE27014.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plaines-Saint-Lange10168 km N26614No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger73233 km SE25715.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bouzais1898 km W27319.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %