Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse

Saône-et-Loire · CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' · INSEE 71410

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (INSEE 71410) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. Population 825 (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 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 15,483 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PLAISIRS GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE BRESSANE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ETIENNE EN BRESSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE-EN-BRESSE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA PETITE COIFF'). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: 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	AUX PLAISIRS GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE BRESSANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BERNARD GASPARD	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	SAINT ETIENNE EN BRESSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ETIENNE-EN-BRESSE	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	LA PETITE COIFF'	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: 613 peak 2012: 830 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 830 (2012) → 825 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 721 (1990) → 825 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 6.1 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.1 km WPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germain-du-Plain): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-du-Plain): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.6

Days at or below 0 °C 43.9

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SIMARD weather station, 9.9 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 16.2 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-DU-P, 5.1 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71410/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71410/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71410/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71410/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71420
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
Commenailles	39	32 km E	898	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Thin-le-Moutier	08	338 km N	702	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Fresnoy-Folny	76	444 km NW	683	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Pazayac	24	334 km SW	811	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Chantenay-Villedieu	72	415 km W	807	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton	61	396 km NW	826	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Commenailles	39	32 km E	898	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Pazayac	24	334 km SW	811	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Thin-le-Moutier	08	338 km N	702	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton	61	396 km NW	826	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Chantenay-Villedieu	72	415 km W	807	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 88 %
Fresnoy-Folny	76	444 km NW	683	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Étienne-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
Boudou	82	428 km SW	757	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lombers	81	395 km SW	1,080	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Montesquieu-Lauragais	31	454 km SW	1,032	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mazères-sur-Salat	31	511 km SW	628	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Monferran-Savès	32	470 km SW	790	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cudos	33	485 km SW	793	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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