Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux (INSEE 71469) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Saint Cyr Mère Boitier entre Charolais et Mâconnais. Population 378 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 18,014 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 | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.56 |
| Housing mix | 0.66 | 5 | 3.28 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PIERRE LE VIEUX AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE-LE-VIEUX). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | SAINT PIERRE LE VIEUX AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE-LE-VIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 339 (2012) → 378 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 301 (1990) → 378 (2023): 25.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 17.2 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Tramayes): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Matour): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the MATOUR_SAPC weather station, 4.7 km away at 415 m; the village itself is at 359 m. [12]
The village sits 56 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MATOUR_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 415 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 56 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,029 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MATOUR_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 415 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71469/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71469/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71469/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71469/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71469
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69182
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71545
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71289
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchesse | 03 | 121 km W | 449 | 33 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre | 56 | 539 km W | 469 | 27.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montchevrier | 36 | 215 km W | 446 | 23 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Soudan | 79 | 357 km W | 424 | 32.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 59 % |
| La Berthenoux | 36 | 194 km W | 361 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouesse | 36 | 221 km W | 381 | 24.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchesse | 03 | 121 km W | 449 | 33 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Berthenoux | 36 | 194 km W | 361 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montchevrier | 36 | 215 km W | 446 | 23 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouesse | 36 | 221 km W | 381 | 24.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soudan | 79 | 357 km W | 424 | 32.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 59 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre | 56 | 539 km W | 469 | 27.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · 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-Pierre-le-Vieux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montchevrier | 36 | 215 km W | 446 | 23 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nolay | 58 | 131 km NW | 353 | 20.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Berneuil | 87 | 265 km W | 418 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fromental | 87 | 242 km W | 524 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ladapeyre | 23 | 191 km W | 360 | 33.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Flour-l'Étang | 63 | 102 km SW | 268 | 29.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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