Saint-Désert
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Désert (INSEE 71404) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 896 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/71404-saint-desert
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 14,966 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.61 | 10 | 6.13 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.15 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LE FOURNIL DE SARA). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA ROUTE DES VINS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL BENAIOUN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE MONNIELLO, MÉDECIN · PIERRE THIBOUT, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE DUBOIS GRILLOT, MÉDECIN · MELANIE VINATIER-VAILLANT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DESERT AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (ST DES'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | SARL LE FOURNIL DE SARA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INTERMARCHE | 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 DE LA ROUTE DES VINS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 5 | MICHEL BENAIOUN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE MONNIELLO, MÉDECIN · PIERRE THIBOUT, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE DUBOIS GRILLOT, MÉDECIN · MELANIE VINATIER-VAILLANT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [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 | SAINT DESERT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE 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 | 2 | ST DES'HAIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 920 (2012) → 896 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 805 (1990) → 896 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 493, of which 8.5 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Désert): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Désert): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Désert): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Mercurey): 8.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Désert): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
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 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BUXY weather station, 5 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 233 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 12 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BUXY, 5 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
66 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 172,500 € — 1,622 € per m² of built surface. [11]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 99,500 € — 1,279 € per m². [11]
The median across Saône-et-Loire is 1,210 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71404/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71404/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71404/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71404/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71404
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71294
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-en-Royans | 38 | 195 km S | 805 | 67.4 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Courson-les-Carrières | 89 | 132 km NW | 900 | 62.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ury | 77 | 237 km NW | 882 | 60.9 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mignovillard | 39 | 108 km E | 902 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefagnan | 16 | 365 km W | 972 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontaine-Française | 21 | 99 km NE | 911 | 63.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-Française | 21 | 99 km NE | 911 | 63.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mignovillard | 39 | 108 km E | 902 | 48.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 % |
| Courson-les-Carrières | 89 | 132 km NW | 900 | 62.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-en-Royans | 38 | 195 km S | 805 | 67.4 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ury | 77 | 237 km NW | 882 | 60.9 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villefagnan | 16 | 365 km W | 972 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · 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-Désert'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grand-Serre | 26 | 168 km S | 973 | 65 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines | 37 | 311 km W | 873 | 59.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Échelles | 73 | 167 km SE | 1,286 | 44.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellot | 77 | 256 km NW | 777 | 50.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Neufmanil | 08 | 340 km N | 985 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainville | 28 | 281 km NW | 1,046 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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