Viré

Identity

Viré (INSEE 71584) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Mâconnais - Tournugeois. Population 1,225 (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/71584-vire

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 13,095 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COMME DES PETITS PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SEBASTIEN PIGNOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIRE BONTEMPS RP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MARGILLIEN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON EVOLU'TIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (FRÉDÉRIC CARRION CUISINE HÔTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,119 (2012) → 1,225 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 943 (1990) → 1,225 (2023): 29.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 609, of which 5.9 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Albain): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viré): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Viré): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fleurville): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Viré): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUGNY SA weather station, 4.1 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 228 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUGNY SA, 4.1 km away at 280 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LUGNY, 3.5 km away at 247 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71584/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71584/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71584/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71584/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71383
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71584
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71591
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024