Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse

Saône-et-Loire · CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' · INSEE 71401

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (INSEE 71401) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. Population 655 (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/71401-sainte-croix-en-bresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,732 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.76	10	7.6
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BOURCET LUDOVIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE SOLNAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DES MOUSQUETAIRES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE CROIX AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BOURCET LUDOVIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE SOLNAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	AUBERGE DES MOUSQUETAIRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	SAINTE CROIX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 649 2023: 655 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 606 (2012) → 655 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 520 (1990) → 655 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 18.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 5.7 km NEGP — 5.8 km NE 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 (Bruailles): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sagy): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sagy): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.7

Days at or below 0 °C 54.9

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VARENNES-ST-SA weather station, 4.7 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 184 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 4.7 km away at 207 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 4.7 km away at 207 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71401/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71401/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71401/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71401/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71401
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71379
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-Nizier-d'Azergues	69	80 km SW	774	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Ventenac-en-Minervois	11	415 km SW	644	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle	14	551 km NW	757	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Mirmande	26	211 km S	611	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Albaret-Sainte-Marie	48	244 km SW	559	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 3 %
Fresse	70	170 km NE	687	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues	69	80 km SW	774	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Fresse	70	170 km NE	687	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Mirmande	26	211 km S	611	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Albaret-Sainte-Marie	48	244 km SW	559	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 3 %
Ventenac-en-Minervois	11	415 km SW	644	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 0 %
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle	14	551 km NW	757	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Sainte-Croix-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
Calviac-en-Périgord	24	359 km SW	546	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Bastide-sur-l'Hers	09	481 km SW	676	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Simandre-sur-Suran	01	41 km S	673	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagne	31	510 km SW	641	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	100 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Loisy	71	17 km W	693	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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