Saint-Sernin-du-Plain

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71480

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Sernin-du-Plain (INSEE 71480) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 613 (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 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 16,938 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.64	10	6.37
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SERNIN DU PLAIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	1	SAINT SERNIN DU PLAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 695 2023: 613 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 611 (2012) → 613 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 539 (1990) → 613 (2023): 13.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 464, of which 18.5 % second homes and 18.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km SWGP — 4.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.4 km S 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-Maurice-lès-Couches): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Couches): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Couches): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Sernin-du-Plain): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 68.8

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-MAURICE-LES-COUCHES_SAPC weather station, 2.3 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 395 m. ^[12]

The village sits 95 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-MAURICE-LES-COUCHES_SAPC, 2.3 km away at 300 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 95 m below 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 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-LES-COUCHES_SAPC, 2.3 km away at 300 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 — 71480/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71480/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71480/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71480/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71464
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71442
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71480
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
Sainte-Valière	11	426 km S	534	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 14 %
Broye	71	25 km W	760	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chanay	01	133 km SE	574	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Écoche	42	85 km S	525	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Montaut	40	541 km SW	594	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 46 %
Sonnac	12	326 km SW	519	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Broye	71	25 km W	760	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Écoche	42	85 km S	525	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Chanay	01	133 km SE	574	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Sonnac	12	326 km SW	519	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %
Sainte-Valière	11	426 km S	534	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 14 %
Montaut	40	541 km SW	594	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 46 %

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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-Sernin-du-Plain'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
Broye	71	25 km W	760	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Navour-sur-Grosne	71	59 km S	660	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Briantes	36	201 km W	589	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Charrin	58	79 km W	605	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Eydoche	38	170 km S	543	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Claveisolles	69	89 km S	577	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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