Saint-Point

Identity

Saint-Point (INSEE 71470) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Saint Cyr Mère Boitier entre Charolais et Mâconnais. Population 363 (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/71470-saint-point

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 18,039 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (LAC ST POINT LAMARTINE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 333 (2012) → 363 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 285 (1990) → 363 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 20.8 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Tramayes): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tramayes): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tramayes): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tramayes): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Point): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the JALOGNY_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 326 m. ^[10]

The village sits 80 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at JALOGNY_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 246 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JALOGNY_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 246 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71470/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71470/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71470/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71470/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71545
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71470
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024