Saint-Yan

Saône-et-Loire · CC Le Grand Charolais · INSEE 71491

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Yan (INSEE 71491) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Le Grand Charolais. Population 1,113 (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/71491-saint-yan

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 13,675 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.47	10	4.65
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EPI DE LOUIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CHAUMIERE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ROUYER). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (PURAVET CHRISTELE · LS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	EPI DE LOUIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LA CHAUMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ROUYER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT YAN 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	2	PURAVET CHRISTELE · LS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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

1968: 1,115 peak 1975: 1,278 2023: 1,113 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,138 (2012) → 1,113 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,153 (1990) → 1,113 (2023): -3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 598, of which 3.8 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 4.3 km NEBakery — 6.7 km NEGP — 7.0 km NE 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 (Vitry-en-Charollais): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vitry-en-Charollais): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Paray-le-Monial): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Yan): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Yan): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.2

Days at or below 0 °C 66.3

Muggy days a summer 1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST YAN weather station, 1.7 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST YAN, 1.7 km away at 242 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST YAN, 1.7 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71491/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71491/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71491/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71491/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71588
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71342
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71491
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
Loisy-sur-Marne	51	264 km N	1,109	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Uriménil	88	259 km NE	1,323	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pardies	64	497 km SW	930	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	394 km NW	1,109	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Marçay	86	292 km W	1,107	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	377 km W	1,113	35.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Uriménil	88	259 km NE	1,323	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Loisy-sur-Marne	51	264 km N	1,109	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Marçay	86	292 km W	1,107	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	377 km W	1,113	35.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	394 km NW	1,109	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Pardies	64	497 km SW	930	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Yan'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
Villandry	37	287 km W	1,143	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Crevant-Laveine	63	75 km SW	967	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villereversure	01	107 km E	1,420	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Condeissiat	01	85 km E	839	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Chignin	73	181 km SE	923	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Molinet	03	9.9 km NW	1,104	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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