Sassangy

Identity

Sassangy (INSEE 71501) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Sud Côte Chalonnaise. Population 141 (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/71501-sassangy

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 13,583 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

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

2 × Restaurant (LE RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[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), 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 167 (2012) → 141 (2023): -15.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 116 (1990) → 141 (2023): 21.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 21.6 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Buxy): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcilly-lès-Buxy): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Buxy): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Genouilly): 8.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bissey-sous-Cruchaud): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUXY weather station, 4.8 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 318 m. ^[12]

The village sits 88 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TORCY, 15 km away at 317 m, over 23 summers. ^[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, 4.8 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 — 71501/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71501/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71501/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71501/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71070
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71277
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71214
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71034
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024