Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse

Saône-et-Loire · CC Terres de Bresse · INSEE 71398

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse (INSEE 71398) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Terres de Bresse. Population 1,090 (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 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 13,816 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.87	10	8.68
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'ATELIER GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	3	L'ATELIER GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 588 2023: 1,090 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,048 (2012) → 1,090 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 797 (1990) → 1,090 (2023): 36.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 484, of which 1.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km SEFood shop — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 4.1 km SWGP — 5.5 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 (L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lans): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ouroux-sur-Saône): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 57.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-MARCEL weather station, 7.1 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 14.9 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-DU-P, 5.7 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71398/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71398/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71398/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71398/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71398
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
Saint-Eusèbe	71	39 km W	1,147	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle	01	55 km S	1,143	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Mignières	28	322 km NW	1,163	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes	71	53 km W	1,102	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Chuisnes	28	340 km NW	1,126	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Wittes	62	475 km NW	973	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Eusèbe	71	39 km W	1,147	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes	71	53 km W	1,102	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle	01	55 km S	1,143	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Mignières	28	322 km NW	1,163	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Chuisnes	28	340 km NW	1,126	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Wittes	62	475 km NW	973	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Christophe-en-Bresse'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
Malafretaz	01	49 km S	1,257	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat	01	75 km SE	938	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Faramans	01	95 km S	934	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bey	71	7.5 km N	870	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Curtafond	01	54 km S	825	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Trèves	69	137 km S	712	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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