Saint-Firmin

Identity

Saint-Firmin (INSEE 71413) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. Population 773 (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/71413-saint-firmin

Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 15,843 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT BOUVIER · UCHI BENTO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE P'TIT BOUVIER). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 812 (2012) → 773 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 778 (1990) → 773 (2023): -0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 402, of which 6 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Breuil): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Breuil): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Breuil): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Firmin): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CREUSOT(LE) weather station, 4.9 km away at 320 m; the village itself is at 413 m. ^[11]

The village sits 93 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TORCY, 8.4 km away at 317 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 96 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 917 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CREUSOT(LE), 4.9 km away at 320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71413/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71413/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71413/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71413/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71059
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71468
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71413
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024