Vareilles

Saône-et-Loire · CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne · INSEE 71553

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

No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vareilles (INSEE 71553) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne. Population 276 (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/71553-vareilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,623 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	0.63	10	6.31
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.1

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 1 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 (DARIO GERACE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DES CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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	Names	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	DARIO GERACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	2	L'ATELIER DES CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 297 peak 1975: 324 2023: 276 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 243 (2012) → 276 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 276 (2023): 13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 19 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.2 km SEFood shop — 3.1 km EBakery — 3.4 km EGP — 3.6 km EPharmacy — 11.8 km SE 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 (La Clayette): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Clayette): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Clayette): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chauffailles): 11.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Baudemont): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.7

Days at or below 0 °C 57

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAUDEMONT_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 396 m; the village itself is at 375 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 3.6 km away at 337 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 396 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71553/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71553/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71553/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71553/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71022
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
Wildersbach	67	326 km NE	284	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-lès-Bray	80	420 km N	263	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Usson	63	112 km SW	286	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Montlevon	02	302 km N	279	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat	73	140 km SE	269	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Villars	71	58 km NE	274	16.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Villars	71	58 km NE	274	16.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Usson	63	112 km SW	286	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-du-Mont-du-Chat	73	140 km SE	269	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montlevon	02	302 km N	279	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Wildersbach	67	326 km NE	284	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-lès-Bray	80	420 km N	263	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vareilles'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
Vault-de-Lugny	89	137 km N	271	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vincelottes	89	164 km N	285	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Glanon	21	105 km NE	272	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard	16	319 km W	270	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Aubusson-d'Auvergne	63	78 km SW	215	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mauvières	36	245 km W	306	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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