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Bonnencontre

Côte-d'Or · CC Rives de Saône · INSEE 21089

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonnencontre (INSEE 21089) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Rives de Saône. Population 432 (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/21089-bonnencontre

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,943 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8154.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ TI' KAFRINE ZANTAC · LA TETE EN WRAP). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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]
Restaurant2CHEZ TI' KAFRINE ZANTAC · LA TETE EN WRAPINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RPIINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 209 peak 2017: 445 2023: 432 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 435 (2012) → 432 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 432 (2023): 56.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 9.7 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.6 km SE (Pagny-la-Ville)Bakery — 7.5 km NE (Brazey-en-Plaine)Pharmacy — 7.5 km NE (Brazey-en-Plaine)GP — 7.7 km NE (Brazey-en-Plaine)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km SEBakery — 7.5 km NEPharmacy — 7.5 km NEGP — 7.7 km NE 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 (Brazey-en-Plaine): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pagny-la-Ville): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Brazey-en-Plaine): 7.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Brazey-en-Plaine): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bonnencontre): 0 km to the south-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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU weather station, 5.6 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 194 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU, 5.6 km away at 182 m, over 29 summers. [11]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU, 5.6 km away at 182 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 — 21089/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21089/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21089/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21089/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21103
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21474
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21089
  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
Gurs64626 km SW41828.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %
Foissac30345 km S44536Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Argilliers30349 km S43636.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cassagnoles30350 km S45736Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Trébédan22566 km W44128.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Vars-sur-Roseix19355 km SW41535.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Foissac30345 km S44536Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Argilliers30349 km S43636.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cassagnoles30350 km S45736Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Vars-sur-Roseix19355 km SW41535.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Trébédan22566 km W44128.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Gurs64626 km SW41828.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Bonnencontre'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
Essertines-en-Donzy42160 km SW47729.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Préfontaines45217 km NW42828.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bongheat63201 km SW46533Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Journans01105 km S38731.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Corcelles-les-Arts2131 km SW42529.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Essertenne7155 km SW48327.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %