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Toutenant

Saône-et-Loire · CC Saône Doubs Bresse · INSEE 71544

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

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Toutenant (INSEE 71544) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Saône Doubs Bresse. Population 170 (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/71544-toutenant

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 15,019 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.62106.18
Housing mix0.6253.09

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 (LES PLATS DU MONDE). [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
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]
Restaurant1LES PLATS DU MONDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 239 2023: 170 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 185 (2012) → 170 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 152 (1990) → 170 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 19.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.6 km SE (Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse)Food shop — 5.4 km W (Verdun-Ciel)Primary school — 5.4 km NE (Frontenard)GP — 6.6 km W (Verdun-Ciel)Pharmacy — 7.1 km W (Verdun-Ciel)
Bakery — 4.6 km SEFood shop — 5.4 km WPrimary school — 5.4 km NEGP — 6.6 km WPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Verdun-Ciel): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Verdun-Ciel): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Verdun-Ciel): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Frontenard): 5.4 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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VERDUN weather station, 7.2 km away at 176 m; the village itself is at 189 m. [11]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VERDUN, 7.2 km away at 176 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 — 71544/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71544/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71544/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71544/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71396
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71566
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71208
  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
Le Vaudioux3965 km E16818.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 14 %
Louzignac17426 km W17617.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Charézier3955 km SE16622.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %
Bligny10149 km N16014.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Broing-les-Moines2194 km N18015.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 81 %
Frohmuhl67278 km NE15614.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charézier3955 km SE16622.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %
Le Vaudioux3965 km E16818.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 14 %
Saint-Broing-les-Moines2194 km N18015.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 81 %
Bligny10149 km N16014.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 99 %
Frohmuhl67278 km NE15614.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 86 %
Louzignac17426 km W17617.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %

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