Saint-Micaud

Saône-et-Loire · CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines · INSEE 71465

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

Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Micaud (INSEE 71465) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CU Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. Population 269 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/71465-saint-micaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,540 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.12
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 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: 240 peak 2017: 273 2023: 269 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 269 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 269 (2023): 11.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 9 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.0 km SEBakery — 6.1 km NWGP — 8.5 km NW 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-Eusèbe): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcilly-lès-Buxy): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montchanin): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Genouilly): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Micaud): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15

Days at or below 0 °C 38.7

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MT-ST-VINCENT weather station, 8.9 km away at 601 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[13]

The village sits 301 m below 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MT-ST-VINCENT, 8.9 km away at 601 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 301 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MONTCHANIN, 7.6 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71465/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71465/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71465/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71465/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71412
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71277
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71465
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
Lacres	62	480 km NW	250	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Ségur	81	347 km SW	259	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Langé	36	234 km W	253	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maden	22	529 km NW	218	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts	17	427 km W	278	19.8	No daily shops	no figures
Cardeilhac	31	493 km SW	259	18.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Langé	36	234 km W	253	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Ségur	81	347 km SW	259	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts	17	427 km W	278	19.8	No daily shops	no figures
Lacres	62	480 km NW	250	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cardeilhac	31	493 km SW	259	18.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Maden	22	529 km NW	218	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Micaud'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
Fénery	79	374 km W	293	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Noyers-Auzécourt	55	246 km N	273	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chavin	36	225 km W	270	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe	86	319 km W	279	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Écorpain	72	324 km NW	296	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Uglas	65	510 km SW	274	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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