Bessey-lès-Cîteaux

Côte-d'Or · CC de la Plaine Dijonnaise · INSEE 21067

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bessey-lès-Cîteaux (INSEE 21067) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de la Plaine Dijonnaise. Population 679 (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/21067-bessey-les-citeaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 16,525 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.34
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (S.V.S.A.). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.P.I.). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	S.V.S.A.	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.P.I.	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 279 peak 2017: 696 2023: 679 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 685 (2012) → 679 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 509 (1990) → 679 (2023): 33.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 302, of which 1.3 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NGP — 1.9 km NPharmacy — 1.9 km N 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 (Aiserey): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bessey-lès-Cîteaux): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aiserey): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aiserey): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bessey-lès-Cîteaux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.8

Days at or below 0 °C 70.9

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST NIC. CITEAUX weather station, 7.5 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU, 12.7 km away at 182 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST NIC. CITEAUX, 7.5 km away at 203 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 — 21067/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21067/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21067/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21067/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21067
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
Sillegny	57	217 km N	657	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Bieujac	33	504 km SW	654	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 50 %
Quiers	77	229 km NW	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Fabas	82	471 km SW	714	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Labruyère	60	313 km NW	687	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillé	86	355 km W	735	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sillegny	57	217 km N	657	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Quiers	77	229 km NW	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Labruyère	60	313 km NW	687	18.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillé	86	355 km W	735	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fabas	82	471 km SW	714	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Bieujac	33	504 km SW	654	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Bessey-lès-Cîteaux'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
Pouillé	86	355 km W	735	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Maisonsgoutte	67	206 km NE	790	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	118 km SW	684	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saulon-la-Rue	21	10 km NW	701	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lessard-le-National	71	41 km SW	662	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rivas	42	188 km S	747	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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