Bligny-le-Sec
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bligny-le-Sec (INSEE 21085) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Forêts, Seine et Suzon. Population 145 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 13,841 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.18 |
| Housing mix | 0.64 | 5 | 3.22 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 159 (2012) → 145 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 110 (1990) → 145 (2023): 31.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 101, of which 17.8 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Bligny-le-Sec): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-M weather station, 5.7 km away at 578 m; the village itself is at 509 m. [10]
The village sits 69 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 5.7 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 69 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-MARTIN (MAN), 3.8 km away at 540 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 — 21085/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21085/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21085/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21085/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21573
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21085
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tocqueville-en-Caux | 76 | 383 km NW | 138 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernieulles | 62 | 408 km NW | 162 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carla-de-Roquefort | 09 | 549 km SW | 164 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 43 % |
| Aubrometz | 62 | 369 km NW | 141 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 % |
| Monthurel | 02 | 197 km NW | 135 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fleix | 86 | 319 km W | 143 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthurel | 02 | 197 km NW | 135 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fleix | 86 | 319 km W | 143 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Aubrometz | 62 | 369 km NW | 141 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 % |
| Tocqueville-en-Caux | 76 | 383 km NW | 138 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernieulles | 62 | 408 km NW | 162 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carla-de-Roquefort | 09 | 549 km SW | 164 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Bligny-le-Sec'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthurel | 02 | 197 km NW | 135 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Donzy-le-Pertuis | 71 | 110 km S | 148 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gengoulph | 02 | 218 km NW | 152 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Thuit | 27 | 321 km NW | 144 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dombras | 55 | 223 km N | 140 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chazilly | 21 | 32 km SW | 151 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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