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Chevannay

Côte-d'Or · CC des Terres d'Auxois · INSEE 21168

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 4.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chevannay (INSEE 21168) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC des Terres d'Auxois. Population 34 (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/21168-chevannay

Vitality score

Vitality score 4.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 2,609 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.33103.29
Housing mix0.1850.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 52 2023: 34 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 52 (2012) → 34 (2023): -34.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 41 (1990) → 34 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 34, of which 41.2 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.0 km NW (Villy-en-Auxois)Primary school — 3.1 km NW (Villy-en-Auxois)Bakery — 4.8 km N (Verrey-sous-Salmaise)Pharmacy — 8.5 km W (Vitteaux)GP — 8.6 km W (Vitteaux)
Food shop — 3.0 km NWPrimary school — 3.1 km NWBakery — 4.8 km NPharmacy — 8.5 km WGP — 8.6 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 (Verrey-sous-Salmaise): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villy-en-Auxois): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Vitteaux): 8.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Vitteaux): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Villy-en-Auxois): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-M weather station, 9.6 km away at 578 m; the village itself is at 361 m. [11]

The village sits 217 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. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 9.6 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 217 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at TURCEY, 4.8 km away at 365 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 — 21168/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21168/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21168/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21168/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21670
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21707
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21710
  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
Axiat09561 km SW334.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Temple-Laguyon24364 km SW343.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Thoissia39122 km SE3410.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Lignères61355 km NW324.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montrosier81423 km SW339.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 73 %
Auriac11525 km S338.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thoissia39122 km SE3410.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Lignères61355 km NW324.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Temple-Laguyon24364 km SW343.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Montrosier81423 km SW339.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 73 %
Auriac11525 km S338.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Axiat09561 km SW334.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · 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 Chevannay'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
Farincourt5284 km NE350.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Esconnets65593 km SW354.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Champrenault212.1 km E384.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Valmigère11522 km S289.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Talon5883 km W424.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Beaulieu2137 km N284.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %