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Vauban

Saône-et-Loire · CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne · INSEE 71561

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vauban (INSEE 71561) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Brionnais Sud Bourgogne. Population 242 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/71561-vauban

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 17,081 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.44104.42
Housing mix0.3651.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAUBAN). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAUBANINSEE BPE 1 [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: 298 2023: 242 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 234 (2012) → 242 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 257 (1990) → 242 (2023): -5.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 195, of which 31.8 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.8 km NE (Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais)GP — 3.9 km S (Saint-Maurice-lès-Châteauneuf)Bakery — 4.6 km NW (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais)Food shop — 4.6 km NW (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais)Pharmacy — 9.2 km S (Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne)
Primary school — 2.8 km NEGP — 3.9 km SBakery — 4.6 km NWFood shop — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 9.2 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 (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Maurice-lès-Châteauneuf): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BAUDEMONT_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 396 m; the village itself is at 439 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 5.8 km away at 337 m, over 15 summers. [12]

That station sits 102 m below 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 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 396 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 — 71561/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71561/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71561/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71561/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71399
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71463
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42215
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71437
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pézènes-les-Mines34307 km S23711.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Prendeignes46241 km SW23611.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Virlet63118 km W27011.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-la-Montagne4214 km SE2119.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu61375 km NW21211.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Grèzes48206 km S1957.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Germain-la-Montagne4214 km SE2119.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Virlet63118 km W27011.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Grèzes48206 km S1957.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Prendeignes46241 km SW23611.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Pézènes-les-Mines34307 km S23711.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Beaulieu61375 km NW21211.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · 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 Vauban'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
Tudeils19232 km SW26810.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Crozon-sur-Vauvre36182 km W3357.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sénezergues15223 km SW21214.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Les Guerreaux7138 km NW2269.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont6379 km SW2135.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cortambert7145 km NE27414.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %