Saint-Vallerin

Identity

Saint-Vallerin (INSEE 71485) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise. Population 253 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71485-saint-vallerin

Vitality score

Vitality score 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,252 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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (ELEGANCE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 273 (2012) → 253 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 235 (1990) → 253 (2023): 7.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 9.4 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chenôves): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Buxy): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Buxy): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Genouilly): 8.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Vallerin): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUXY weather station, 3.2 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 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 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MT-ST-VINCENT, 16.3 km away at 601 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 313 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 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BUXY, 3.2 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71485/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71485/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71485/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71485/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71124
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71070
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71214
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71485
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024