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Auxonne

Côte-d'Or · CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône · INSEE 21038

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

Served 70.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auxonne (INSEE 21038) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône. Population 7,581 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/21038-auxonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 70.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 3,216 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 food0.632515.7
Social0.952019.04
Education0.53105.28
Health0.76107.61
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.62106.18
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TRANS PRIM · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LE PAIN DES GRANGES). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (VAUTRIN). [3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARCHE D'ELODIE · MINI MARKET). [3,4]

5 × Supermarket (LIDL · AUXODIS · MAJAXONE · ALDI MARCHE · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LA POISSONNERIE). [3,4]

17 × Restaurant (LARA KEBAB · AYAN · LES SAVEURS D'ASIE · UNAL HILAL · LA FRINGALE). [3,4]

10 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA TERRASSE · AU BILLARD GOURMAND · L'ENTREPOT · BISTRO 44). [4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE CAHUET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MALMANCHE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIEUR DE LA COTE D'OR). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PASTEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB JEAN MOULIN). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA CROIX DES SARRASINS). [3]

21 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAUL JEANNIARD, MÉDECIN · REMI BONNIN, MÉDECIN · SEGOLENE SCHAFF, MÉDECIN · MICHEL KHOURI, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DOS SANTOS, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VERNIZEAU · PHARMACIE DE LA COLOMBIERE · PHARMACIE BONAPARTE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Cinema (L EMPIRE). [3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS LA CROIX DES SARRAZINS N°1 · SALLE SAINTE COLETTE · SALLE DES SPORTS SARAZINS 2). [3]

8 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL · AUXONNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE AUXONNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]

16 × Hairdresser (INTER VAL COIFFURE · ENGOLINE COIFFURE · ESPACE COUPE · STYL' COIF · OPAL&SENS). [3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

2 × Hotel (L'AQUARIUM · LE CORBEAU - HOTEL RESTAURANT). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 6 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)6TRANS PRIM · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LE PAIN DES GRANGESINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2VAUTRININSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)3MARCHE D'ELODIE · MINI MARKETINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket5LIDL · AUXODIS · MAJAXONE · ALDI MARCHE · INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1LA POISSONNERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant17LARA KEBAB · AYAN · LES SAVEURS D'ASIE · UNAL HILAL · LA FRINGALEINSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4]
Café / bar10CAFE DE LA TERRASSE · AU BILLARD GOURMAND · L'ENTREPOT · BISTRO 44INSEE SIRENE 10 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)3ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE CAHUET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MALMANCHE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIEUR DE LA COTE D'ORINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PASTEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB JEAN MOULININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LA CROIX DES SARRASINSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)21PAUL JEANNIARD, MÉDECIN · REMI BONNIN, MÉDECIN · SEGOLENE SCHAFF, MÉDECIN · MICHEL KHOURI, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DOS SANTOS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 21 [3]
Pharmacy3PHARMACIE VERNIZEAU · PHARMACIE DE LA COLOMBIERE · PHARMACIE BONAPARTEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1L EMPIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall3SALLE DES SPORTS LA CROIX DES SARRAZINS N°1 · SALLE SAINTE COLETTE · SALLE DES SPORTS SARAZINS 2INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank8CREDIT MUTUEL · AUXONNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE AUXONNE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · SOCIETE GENERALEINSEE BPE 8 [3]
Hairdresser16INTER VAL COIFFURE · ENGOLINE COIFFURE · ESPACE COUPE · STYL' COIF · OPAL&SENSINSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Fuel station3STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel2L'AQUARIUM · LE CORBEAU - HOTEL RESTAURANTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 5,803 peak 2012: 7,771 2023: 7,581 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,771 (2012) → 7,581 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 6,781 (1990) → 7,581 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,923, of which 1.7 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Auxonne): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Auxonne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Auxonne): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Auxonne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Auxonne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the AUXONNE weather station, 0.8 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 187 m. [9]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at AUXONNE, 0.8 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21038/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21038/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21038/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21038/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21038
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Langon33526 km SW7,67474ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Tullins38210 km S7,62467.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Marcellin38227 km S7,70070ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Pontcharra38202 km S7,35061.2ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 %
L'Aigle61395 km NW7,66367.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 82 %
Jaunay-Marigny86385 km W7,52860.5ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pontcharra38202 km S7,35061.2ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 %
Tullins38210 km S7,62467.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Marcellin38227 km S7,70070ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Jaunay-Marigny86385 km W7,52860.5ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 %
L'Aigle61395 km NW7,66367.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 82 %
Langon33526 km SW7,67474ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %

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