Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles

Saône-et-Loire · CA Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération · INSEE 71481

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

Few services 37/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles (INSEE 71481) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. Population 1,131 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 13,592 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.93	10	9.26
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (JEFF SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICIA COLLIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU BEAUJOLAIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	3	JEFF SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	PATRICIA COLLIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU BEAUJOLAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 890 peak 2017: 1,187 2023: 1,131 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,089 (2012) → 1,131 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 793 (1990) → 1,131 (2023): 42.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 564, of which 4.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.6 km WPharmacy — 1.7 km NWFood shop — 1.9 km NWBakery — 2.0 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 (La Chapelle-de-Guinchay): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-de-Guinchay): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-de-Guinchay): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.6

Days at or below 0 °C 54.9

Muggy days a summer 5

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROMANECHE weather station, 3.1 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROMANECHE, 3.1 km away at 190 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROMANECHE, 3.1 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71481/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71481/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71481/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71481/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71481
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
Pfaffenheim	68	275 km NE	1,373	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Maulette	78	373 km NW	1,088	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Puceul	44	508 km W	1,142	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Les Tourrettes	26	171 km S	1,087	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Bévenais	38	101 km SE	1,049	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Kogenheim	67	317 km NE	1,172	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bévenais	38	101 km SE	1,049	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Les Tourrettes	26	171 km S	1,087	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Pfaffenheim	68	275 km NE	1,373	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Kogenheim	67	317 km NE	1,172	30	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Maulette	78	373 km NW	1,088	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Puceul	44	508 km W	1,142	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Symphorien-d'Ancelles'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
Los Masos	66	438 km SW	966	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Monbéqui	82	378 km SW	665	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Palaminy	31	443 km SW	751	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Mas-Grenier	82	380 km SW	1,282	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Rivière	38	121 km SE	720	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Salaunes	33	458 km W	1,260	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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