Simandre

Saône-et-Loire · CC Terres de Bresse · INSEE 71522

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Simandre (INSEE 71522) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Terres de Bresse. Population 1,750 (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/71522-simandre

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 10,504 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.4
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DOUCEURS DU BLE · PATISSERIE CHLOE BELEY LA PATIFETTE · JOUVENCEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DE LA BRESSE A L'ASSIETTE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (EURL FOYARD · HOTEL DE LA GARE · LES P'TITS PLATS D'ALGA · CHEZ GRAND PAPA). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SIMANDRE LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (CA DEL' COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA GARE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AUX DOUCEURS DU BLE · PATISSERIE CHLOE BELEY LA PATIFETTE · JOUVENCEAU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	DE LA BRESSE A L'ASSIETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	5	EURL FOYARD · HOTEL DE LA GARE · LES P'TITS PLATS D'ALGA · CHEZ GRAND PAPA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SIMANDRINE	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	SIMANDRE LPAC 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	3	CA DEL' COIFF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,075 2023: 1,750 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,651 (2012) → 1,750 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,215 (1990) → 1,750 (2023): 44 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 882, of which 4.8 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 7.5 km S 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 (Simandre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Simandre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cuisery): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Simandre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Simandre): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.4

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 6.4

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SENNECEY weather station, 8.3 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SENNECEY, 8.3 km away at 190 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GIGNY, 5.4 km away at 183 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 — 71522/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71522/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71522/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71522/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71522
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71158
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
Gironde-sur-Dropt	33	455 km SW	1,333	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Gensac-la-Pallue	16	418 km W	1,627	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Habas	40	575 km SW	1,489	47.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Cublac	19	329 km SW	1,728	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Rougé	44	503 km W	2,146	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Sottevast	50	585 km NW	1,459	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cublac	19	329 km SW	1,728	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Gensac-la-Pallue	16	418 km W	1,627	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Gironde-sur-Dropt	33	455 km SW	1,333	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Rougé	44	503 km W	2,146	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Habas	40	575 km SW	1,489	47.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Sottevast	50	585 km NW	1,459	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Simandre'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
Cuisery	71	7.3 km S	1,576	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Baudrières	71	5.7 km N	1,044	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Labarthe-Rivière	31	521 km SW	1,298	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pointis-de-Rivière	31	523 km SW	825	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-de-Rivière	31	517 km SW	1,725	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Châteaumeillant	18	214 km W	1,629	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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