Varennes-sous-Dun

Saône-et-Loire · CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne · INSEE 71559

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes-sous-Dun (INSEE 71559) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne. Population 519 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,696 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.2	10	2.04
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 2 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”.

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

1 × Supermarket (SAPOGENT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BOITE A JOJO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, 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	1	SAPOGENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA BOITE A JOJO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 683 peak 1982: 757 2023: 519 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 581 (2012) → 519 (2023): -10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 737 (1990) → 519 (2023): -29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 13.5 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km WBakery — 1.7 km WGP — 2.1 km WPharmacy — 9.3 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 (La Clayette): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varennes-sous-Dun): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Clayette): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chauffailles): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Varennes-sous-Dun): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.8

Days at or below 0 °C 82.4

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAUDEMONT_SAPC weather station, 3.1 km away at 337 m; the village itself is at 376 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 3.1 km away at 337 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,005 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 3.1 km away at 337 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 — 71559/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71559/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71559/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71559/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71559
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71120
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
Lemud	57	341 km NE	516	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montgeard	31	391 km SW	568	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 43 %
Villette	78	354 km NW	524	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Montdoumerc	46	313 km SW	577	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Conteville	76	428 km NW	507	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Authevernes	27	383 km NW	470	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montdoumerc	46	313 km SW	577	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Lemud	57	341 km NE	516	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villette	78	354 km NW	524	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Authevernes	27	383 km NW	470	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %
Montgeard	31	391 km SW	568	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 43 %
Conteville	76	428 km NW	507	27	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Varennes-sous-Dun'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
Lemud	57	341 km NE	516	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pisieu	38	115 km SE	524	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Richtolsheim	67	327 km NE	383	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont	90	258 km NE	539	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Brognard	25	237 km NE	471	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Jalogny	71	27 km NE	399	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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