Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais (INSEE 71399) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC de Semur en Brionnais. Population 503 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 55.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 17,741 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 | 0.71 | 25 | 17.74 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.2 |
| Housing mix | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · AU PETIT MARCHE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LE TUB'A BULLES · LES REPAS DU BRIONNAIS · LE MUR D'ARGENT - RESTAURANT BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BRIONNAIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CHRISTOPHE EN BRIONNAIS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE ELYBELLE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | VIVAL · AU PETIT MARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | LE TUB'A BULLES · LES REPAS DU BRIONNAIS · LE MUR D'ARGENT - RESTAURANT BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE | 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 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU BRIONNAIS | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT CHRISTOPHE EN BRIONNAIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | SALON DE COIFFURE ELYBELLE | 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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 509 (2012) → 503 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 547 (1990) → 503 (2023): -8 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 370, of which 18.4 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Maurice-lès-Châteauneuf): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne): 12.3 km to the south (straight line). [12]
Primary school (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the BRIANT weather station, 2.1 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 441 m. [13]
The village sits 51 m above 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 337 m, over 15 summers. [13]
That station sits 104 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 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at BRIANT, 2.1 km away at 390 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 — 71399/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/b1f144c4-8139-3248-941e-b1b12ab11d63— “Marché”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/8d8bd151-8018-3c5d-85d7-c4629b3d4fc2— “Marché aux bovins”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71399/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71399/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71399/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71399
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71463
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 42215
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbais-l'Abbaye | 51 | 298 km N | 505 | 45.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 % |
| Damvix | 85 | 377 km W | 733 | 55.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Cambe | 14 | 515 km NW | 548 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Assier | 46 | 254 km SW | 709 | 59.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chailley | 89 | 203 km N | 533 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monpazier | 24 | 312 km SW | 441 | 66.4 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chailley | 89 | 203 km N | 533 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Assier | 46 | 254 km SW | 709 | 59.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orbais-l'Abbaye | 51 | 298 km N | 505 | 45.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 % |
| Monpazier | 24 | 312 km SW | 441 | 66.4 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 % |
| Damvix | 85 | 377 km W | 733 | 55.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Cambe | 14 | 515 km NW | 548 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · 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-Brionnais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chailley | 89 | 203 km N | 533 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coulanges-sur-Yonne | 89 | 146 km N | 518 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ardes | 63 | 128 km SW | 592 | 52 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chapelle-Viviers | 86 | 266 km W | 551 | 45 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Veurdre | 03 | 101 km NW | 475 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil-l'Argillé | 27 | 405 km NW | 783 | 68.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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