Saint-Jean-de-Vaux

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71430

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-Vaux (INSEE 71430) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 387 (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 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 18,035 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.73	10	7.32
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL VESSOT - BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PLAN B). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EURL VESSOT - BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LE PLAN B	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 240 peak 2012: 410 2023: 387 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 410 (2012) → 387 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 314 (1990) → 387 (2023): 23.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 9.8 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.0 km EFood shop — 3.2 km NEPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Saint-Jean-de-Vaux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mercurey): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mellecey): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mercurey): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Vaux): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RULLY weather station, 7.2 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RULLY, 7.2 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MERCUREY, 4.5 km away at 258 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 — 71430/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71430/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71430/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71430/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71430
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71292
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
Macquigny	02	352 km N	357	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Moreilles	85	444 km W	407	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Boubiers	60	341 km NW	382	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Houssay	41	303 km W	365	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Vendranges	42	106 km SW	390	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Lézignan	65	554 km SW	355	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vendranges	42	106 km SW	390	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 21 %
Houssay	41	303 km W	365	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Boubiers	60	341 km NW	382	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Macquigny	02	352 km N	357	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Moreilles	85	444 km W	407	37.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Lézignan	65	554 km SW	355	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Jean-de-Vaux'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
Ève	60	294 km NW	411	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laimont	55	227 km N	423	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cornant	89	186 km NW	367	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saudoy	51	221 km N	377	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tilly	78	328 km NW	530	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champrond-en-Perchet	28	333 km NW	388	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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