Virey-le-Grand

Saône-et-Loire · CA Le Grand Chalon · INSEE 71585

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Virey-le-Grand (INSEE 71585) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CA Le Grand Chalon. Population 1,429 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/71585-virey-le-grand

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 11,995 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MATHYS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA THALIETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIREY LE GRAND AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE MATHYS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LA THALIETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	VIREY LE GRAND AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 478 2023: 1,429 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,286 (2012) → 1,429 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 931 (1990) → 1,429 (2023): 53.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 622, of which 1.4 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km SEGP — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Virey-le-Grand): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Crissey): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Crissey): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Crissey): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Virey-le-Grand): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.7

Days at or below 0 °C 68.9

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHALON-CHAMPFO weather station, 3.5 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 3.5 km away at 187 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHALON-CHAMPFO, 3.5 km away at 187 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 — 71585/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71585/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71585/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71585/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71585
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71154
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
Lovagny	74	138 km SE	1,358	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Esquerdes	62	473 km NW	1,594	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Vougy	74	152 km SE	1,659	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chierry	02	267 km NW	1,195	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Mouen	14	473 km NW	1,788	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucroissant	38	173 km S	1,790	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lovagny	74	138 km SE	1,358	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vougy	74	152 km SE	1,659	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Beaucroissant	38	173 km S	1,790	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Chierry	02	267 km NW	1,195	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Esquerdes	62	473 km NW	1,594	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Mouen	14	473 km NW	1,788	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · 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 Virey-le-Grand'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
Westhouse	67	267 km NE	1,639	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Hangenbieten	67	281 km NE	1,822	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fragnes-La Loyère	71	1.9 km SW	1,411	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Marsat	63	174 km SW	1,426	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Payns	10	184 km N	1,394	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bergholtz	68	216 km NE	1,039	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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