Saint-Boil

Saône-et-Loire · CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise · INSEE 71392

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Boil (INSEE 71392) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise. Population 491 (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 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,795 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.8	10	8.02
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (SIVU BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BOIL SIVU BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BOIL). ^[3]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 JULES VERNE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	SIVU BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BOIL SIVU BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BOIL	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 502 2023: 491 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 474 (2012) → 491 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 491 (2023): 30.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 17 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km NFood shop — 4.6 km SGP — 7.2 km NPharmacy — 8.3 km W 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 (Chenôves): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gengoux-le-National): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Buxy): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Genouilly): 8.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Boil): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 5.7

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BUXY weather station, 6.5 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 243 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 15.4 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 53 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-GENGOUX-LE-NATIONAL, 4.9 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71392/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71392/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71392/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71392/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71417
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71392
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
Barrou	37	299 km W	478	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Melleran	79	364 km W	480	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Verneuil-sur-Indre	37	281 km W	466	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Mailly-la-Ville	89	130 km NW	493	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Ussel	15	221 km SW	453	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Moyen	54	248 km NE	517	27.4	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mailly-la-Ville	89	130 km NW	493	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Ussel	15	221 km SW	453	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Moyen	54	248 km NE	517	27.4	Few services	no figures
Verneuil-sur-Indre	37	281 km W	466	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Barrou	37	299 km W	478	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Melleran	79	364 km W	480	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Boil'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-Germain-des-Bois	18	173 km W	587	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cuing	31	505 km SW	482	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Viricelles	42	114 km S	449	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Cherves	86	356 km W	529	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Les Nouillers	17	419 km W	722	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Plou	18	197 km W	527	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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