Saunières

Saône-et-Loire · CC Saône Doubs Bresse · INSEE 71504

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

No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saunières (INSEE 71504) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Saône Doubs Bresse. Population 81 (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/71504-saunieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 8,579 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.27	10	2.71
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 137 2023: 81 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 86 (2012) → 81 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 105 (1990) → 81 (2023): -22.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 15.3 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.9 km WBakery — 4.0 km SWFood shop — 4.0 km SWGP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.7 km W 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 (Verdun-Ciel): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Verdun-Ciel): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Verdun-Ciel): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Verdun-Ciel): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bragny-sur-Saône): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.9

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VERDUN weather station, 4.7 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 178 m. ^[10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VERDUN, 4.7 km away at 176 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 — 71504/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71504/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71504/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71504/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71566
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71054
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
Euvy	51	217 km N	80	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Villecelin	18	221 km W	83	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Michel-Labadié	81	383 km SW	84	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 62 %
Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux	32	536 km SW	89	13.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Marquerie	65	557 km SW	82	22	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 45 %
Cusance	25	113 km NE	76	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cusance	25	113 km NE	76	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Euvy	51	217 km N	80	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 %
Villecelin	18	221 km W	83	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Michel-Labadié	81	383 km SW	84	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 62 %
Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux	32	536 km SW	89	13.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Marquerie	65	557 km SW	82	22	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 45 %

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Elsewhere

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