Censerey

Identity

Censerey (INSEE 21124) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays Arnay Liernais. Population 182 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/21124-censerey

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 15,408 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (ECOLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 177 (2012) → 182 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 209 (1990) → 182 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 22.5 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Liernais): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Liernais): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arnay-le-Duc): 12.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saulieu): 12.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Censerey): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-MER weather station, 8.2 km away at 521 m; the village itself is at 401 m. ^[12]

The village sits 120 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-MER, 8.2 km away at 521 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 120 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 990 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LIERNAIS, 5.4 km away at 492 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21124/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21124/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21124/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21124/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21349
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21023
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21584
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21124
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024