Uchizy

Identity

Uchizy (INSEE 71550) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Mâconnais - Tournugeois. Population 831 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/71550-uchizy

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 15,417 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

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES AMIS DE LA ROUTE D'UCHIZY · GAUDILLAT FRANTZ · LA CASA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (UCHIZY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'UCHIZY). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE NATIONAL 6). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 828 (2012) → 831 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 623 (1990) → 831 (2023): 33.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 468, of which 9 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Uchizy): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plottes): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chardonnay): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fleurville): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Uchizy): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LUGNY SA weather station, 6.3 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 222 m. ^[12]

The village sits 58 m below 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 LUGNY SA, 6.3 km away at 280 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 58 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LUGNY, 5.5 km away at 247 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 — 71550/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71550/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71550/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71550/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71550
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71353
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71100
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71591
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024