Saint-Germain-du-Plain

Saône-et-Loire · CC Terres de Bresse · INSEE 71420

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

Served 65.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-du-Plain (INSEE 71420) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Terres de Bresse. Population 2,362 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71420-saint-germain-du-plain

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 8,584 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	0.73	25	18.22
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.89	10	8.91
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LAGRANGE · AUX PLAISIRS GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FORGE D'ARMAND · BOUCHERIE GUDEFIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (UTILE · SAINT GERMAIN DU PLAIN DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LE PHOENIX · LE PONT DE THOREY · RESTAURANT PIZZERIA L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES CHENES ROUGES). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-JACQUES MARECHAL, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BERARDAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU STADE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE-BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CREDIT AGRICOLE CENTRE EST). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (OMEGA · L'ATELIER DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LAGRANGE · AUX PLAISIRS GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	LA FORGE D'ARMAND · BOUCHERIE GUDEFIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	UTILE · SAINT GERMAIN DU PLAIN DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LE PHOENIX · LE PONT DE THOREY · RESTAURANT PIZZERIA L'ESCALE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LES CHENES ROUGES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-JACQUES MARECHAL, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BERARDAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU STADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE-BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CREDIT AGRICOLE CENTRE EST	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	OMEGA · L'ATELIER DE JULIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,174 2023: 2,362 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,189 (2012) → 2,362 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,698 (1990) → 2,362 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,115, of which 3.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Germain-du-Plain): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-du-Plain): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germain-du-Plain): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-du-Plain): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-du-Plain): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.9

Days at or below 0 °C 57.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST-MARCEL weather station, 10.5 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 189 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 12.2 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-GERMAIN-DU-P, 0.4 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71420/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71420/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71420/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71420/logement/2023
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
Andouillé	53	463 km NW	2,321	61.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Gamaches	80	444 km NW	2,397	61.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Lavardac	47	461 km SW	2,307	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot	47	414 km SW	2,397	60.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	38	148 km S	2,392	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Epfig	67	262 km NE	2,263	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	38	148 km S	2,392	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Epfig	67	262 km NE	2,263	57.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot	47	414 km SW	2,397	60.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Gamaches	80	444 km NW	2,397	61.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Lavardac	47	461 km SW	2,307	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Andouillé	53	463 km NW	2,321	61.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · 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-Germain-du-Plain'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
Saint-Médard-de-Guizières	33	433 km SW	2,438	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ouroux-sur-Saône	71	3.0 km NW	3,214	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle	33	429 km SW	3,167	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Martres-Tolosane	31	499 km SW	2,387	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-le-Grand	71	8.3 km W	2,293	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saverdun	09	470 km SW	4,808	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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