Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71444

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (INSEE 71444) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 1,271 (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/71444-saint-loup-de-varennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,856 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.79	10	7.89
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA SAINT LUPEENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE SOLEIL DU PORTUGAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PETITE AUBERGE · LE SAINT LOUP). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (2EME AVENUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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	LA SAINT LUPEENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE SOLEIL DU PORTUGAL	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	2	LA PETITE AUBERGE · LE SAINT LOUP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB NICEPHORE NIEPCE	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	2	2EME AVENUE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 610 2023: 1,271 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,132 (2012) → 1,271 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 986 (1990) → 1,271 (2023): 28.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 567, of which 1.6 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km NGP — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 3.3 km N 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-Loup-de-Varennes): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Loup-de-Varennes): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Varennes-le-Grand): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lux): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Loup-de-Varennes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.4

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHALON-VNF weather station, 6.8 km away at 178 m; the village itself is at 189 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 11.6 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHALON-VNF, 6.8 km away at 178 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 — 71444/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71444/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71444/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71444/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71444
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71555
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71269
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
Berrwiller	68	218 km NE	1,294	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Folkling	57	309 km NE	1,411	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Bâtie-Rolland	26	242 km S	1,087	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Winnezeele	59	488 km N	1,261	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Cervens	74	131 km E	1,270	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Laignelet	35	487 km NW	1,234	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cervens	74	131 km E	1,270	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Berrwiller	68	218 km NE	1,294	39	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
La Bâtie-Rolland	26	242 km S	1,087	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Folkling	57	309 km NE	1,411	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Laignelet	35	487 km NW	1,234	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Winnezeele	59	488 km N	1,261	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · 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-Loup-de-Varennes'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
Serpaize	38	130 km S	2,091	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Forgeux	69	101 km S	1,544	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Anglefort	01	116 km SE	1,174	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chabournay	86	351 km W	1,274	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chiché	79	398 km W	1,679	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sevrey	71	2.1 km NW	1,201	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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