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Solutré-Pouilly

Saône-et-Loire · CA Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération · INSEE 71526

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Solutré-Pouilly (INSEE 71526) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. Population 331 (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/71526-solutre-pouilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,007 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.4104.04
Housing mix0.8154.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA COURTILLE DE SOLUTRE). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Hotel (LA COURTILLE DE SOLUTRÉ). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LA COURTILLE DE SOLUTREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LA COURTILLE DE SOLUTRÉINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 378 peak 1999: 424 2023: 331 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 365 (2012) → 331 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 366 (1990) → 331 (2023): -9.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 9.6 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.1 km S (Leynes)GP — 3.3 km NE (Prissé)Pharmacy — 3.6 km N (Prissé)Food shop — 3.7 km N (Prissé)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SGP — 3.3 km NEPharmacy — 3.6 km NFood shop — 3.7 km N 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 (Leynes): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Prissé): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Prissé): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Prissé): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Solutré-Pouilly): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FUISSE weather station, 2.1 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 312 m. [11]

The village sits 52 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. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MACON, 5.3 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 93 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at FUISSE, 2.1 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71526/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71526/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71526/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71526/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71258
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71360
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71526
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arbouet-Sussaute64556 km SW31328.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Bonneville-et-Saint-Avit-de-Fumadières24394 km W29930Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Biarrotte40562 km SW34731.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Fluy80442 km NW32024.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 97 %
Gaja-et-Villedieu11410 km SW30629.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Ledinghem62525 km N31632Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bonneville-et-Saint-Avit-de-Fumadières24394 km W29930Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Gaja-et-Villedieu11410 km SW30629.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Fluy80442 km NW32024.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 97 %
Ledinghem62525 km N31632Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Arbouet-Sussaute64556 km SW31328.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Biarrotte40562 km SW34731.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · 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 Solutré-Pouilly'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mondreville77260 km NW33418.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rouilly-Sacey10231 km N38727.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vanzy7494 km E35124Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villette-lès-Arbois39105 km NE35219.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Auvilliers-en-Gâtinais45250 km NW34220.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Épieds27385 km NW35824Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %