La Bussière-sur-Ouche

Identity

La Bussière-sur-Ouche (INSEE 21120) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Pouilly-en-Auxois / Bligny-sur-Ouche. Population 197 (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/21120-la-bussiere-sur-ouche

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 15,879 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ARTISANALE L'OUCHOTTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HB TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA BUSSIERE SUR OUCHE RP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (ABBAYE DE LA BUSSIERE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 138 (2012) → 197 (2023): 42.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 220 (1990) → 197 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 29.3 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Bussière-sur-Ouche): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gergueil): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gissey-sur-Ouche): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sombernon): 10.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Veuvey-sur-Ouche): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the POUILLY EN AUX_SAPC weather station, 12.5 km away at 412 m; the village itself is at 318 m. ^[13]

The village sits 94 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at POUILLY EN AUX_SAPC, 12.5 km away at 412 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 94 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 890 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at AUBAINE, 5.7 km away at 380 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21120/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21120/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21120/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21120/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21120
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21293
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21300
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21611
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21673
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024