Vindecy

Saône-et-Loire · CC de Marcigny · INSEE 71581

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

Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vindecy (INSEE 71581) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC de Marcigny. Population 244 (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/71581-vindecy

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,108 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.36	10	3.62
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE VINDECY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	LE VINDECY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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	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: 357 2023: 244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 254 (2012) → 244 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 283 (1990) → 244 (2023): -13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 13.7 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 6.7 km NBakery — 8.2 km SFood shop — 8.6 km SGP — 8.8 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 (Chambilly): 8.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcigny): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marcigny): 8.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Yan): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vindecy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.2

Days at or below 0 °C 66.3

Muggy days a summer 1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST YAN weather station, 6.2 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 242 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST YAN, 6.2 km away at 242 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 791 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST YAN, 6.2 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71581/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71581/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71581/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71581/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71491
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71581
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
Mesnil-Mauger	76	413 km NW	243	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André	31	423 km SW	239	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Michel-de-Double	24	322 km SW	232	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Cachen	40	431 km SW	233	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Virac	81	299 km SW	252	27	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
La Frette	71	86 km E	258	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Frette	71	86 km E	258	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Virac	81	299 km SW	252	27	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-de-Double	24	322 km SW	232	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 43 %
Mesnil-Mauger	76	413 km NW	243	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André	31	423 km SW	239	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Cachen	40	431 km SW	233	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Vindecy'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
Saint-Léger-sous-la-Bussière	71	43 km E	290	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montagne	38	163 km SE	273	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Terjat	03	108 km W	180	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Dinsac	87	223 km W	242	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Albignac	19	226 km SW	236	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Escandolières	12	247 km SW	212	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/71581-vindecy