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Bissey-la-Côte

Côte-d'Or · CC du Pays Châtillonnais · INSEE 21077

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bissey-la-Côte (INSEE 21077) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays Châtillonnais. Population 133 (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/21077-bissey-la-cote

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 13,086 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.6105.99
Housing mix0.6453.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (DUPRE A L'ASSIETTE). [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1DUPRE A L'ASSIETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 129 peak 1975: 134 2023: 133 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 108 (2012) → 133 (2023): 23.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 121 (1990) → 133 (2023): 9.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 72, of which 18.1 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 3.5 km W (Brion-sur-Ource)Bakery — 7.0 km NE (Montigny-sur-Aube)Pharmacy — 7.0 km NE (Montigny-sur-Aube)GP — 7.1 km NE (Montigny-sur-Aube)Food shop — 11.0 km W (Châtillon-sur-Seine)
Primary school — 3.5 km WBakery — 7.0 km NEPharmacy — 7.0 km NEGP — 7.1 km NEFood shop — 11.0 km W 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 (Montigny-sur-Aube): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Châtillon-sur-Seine): 11 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Montigny-sur-Aube): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montigny-sur-Aube): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Brion-sur-Ource): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CHATILLON/SEINE weather station, 11.8 km away at 262 m; the village itself is at 285 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHATILLON/SEINE, 11.8 km away at 262 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BRION SUR OURCE, 3.7 km away at 234 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 — 21077/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21077/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21077/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21077/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21432
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21154
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21109
  11. 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
Mérignat01212 km S12922.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long76354 km NW13417.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Bure-les-Templiers2124 km SE13517.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Manvieux14425 km NW12923.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Labroye62329 km NW14018.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %
Grand'Combe-des-Bois25178 km SE12522.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bure-les-Templiers2124 km SE13517.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Grand'Combe-des-Bois25178 km SE12522.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Mérignat01212 km S12922.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Labroye62329 km NW14018.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %
Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long76354 km NW13417.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Manvieux14425 km NW12923.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · 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 Bissey-la-Côte'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy42233 km S12117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cenans70124 km SE13320.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly-sur-Vingeanne2168 km SE13223.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mélecey70140 km E13714.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Condes39188 km S11722.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Charézier39164 km SE16622.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %