Vendenesse-lès-Charolles

Saône-et-Loire · CC Le Grand Charolais · INSEE 71564

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vendenesse-lès-Charolles (INSEE 71564) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Le Grand Charolais. Population 729 (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 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,219 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.68

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 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXIMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE VENDENESSOIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VENDENESSE LES CHAROLLES LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	PROXIMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LE VENDENESSOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VENDENESSE LES CHAROLLES LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 849 2023: 729 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 770 (2012) → 729 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 750 (1990) → 729 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 13.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km WGP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Charolles): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vendenesse-lès-Charolles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Charolles): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Charolles): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vendenesse-lès-Charolles): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27

Days at or below 0 °C 80.5

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 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAROLLES weather station, 5.4 km away at 309 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BAUDEMONT_SAPC, 18.6 km away at 337 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHAROLLES, 5.4 km away at 309 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71564/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71564/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71564/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71564/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71564
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
Marcilly-lès-Buxy	71	36 km NE	704	39	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lavaré	72	331 km NW	815	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Le Parcq	62	468 km N	740	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Billiat	01	118 km E	713	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent	23	185 km W	670	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont	40	516 km SW	736	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcilly-lès-Buxy	71	36 km NE	704	39	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Billiat	01	118 km E	713	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent	23	185 km W	670	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Lavaré	72	331 km NW	815	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Le Parcq	62	468 km N	740	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont	40	516 km SW	736	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Vendenesse-lès-Charolles'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
Cuinzier	42	35 km S	707	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lamontgie	63	133 km SW	643	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Primarette	38	127 km SE	686	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Arvillard	73	177 km SE	861	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villemurlin	45	205 km NW	536	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Balsièges	48	228 km S	608	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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