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Comblanchien

Côte-d'Or · CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges · INSEE 21186

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 37.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Comblanchien (INSEE 21186) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 608 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/21186-comblanchien

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,983 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.63106.26
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DECOEUR). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'AUBERGE DU GUIDON). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.P.I.). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COMBLANCHIEN AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (ELOISE COIFFURE · LE TEMPS D'UN INSTANT). [3,4]

1 × Hotel. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1DECOEURINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1L'AUBERGE DU GUIDONINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE R.P.I.INSEE 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 postale1COMBLANCHIEN APINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser2ELOISE COIFFURE · LE TEMPS D'UN INSTANTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 679 peak 2007: 685 2023: 608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 684 (2012) → 608 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 540 (1990) → 608 (2023): 12.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 329, of which 2.4 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.1 km S (Corgoloin)Pharmacy — 4.1 km NE (Nuits-Saint-Georges)Food shop — 4.3 km NE (Nuits-Saint-Georges)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.1 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km NEFood shop — 4.3 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 (Comblanchien): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Corgoloin): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Comblanchien): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAVIGNY LES BEA weather station, 8.2 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 237 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 8.2 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. [11]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at NUITS ST GEORGE, 4.5 km away at 232 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 — 21186/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21186/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21186/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21186/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21186
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21464
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21194
  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
Poissons52149 km N61833.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Courteranges10139 km N59440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Virey-sous-Bar10125 km N58848Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Érôme26221 km S84838.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Coudray53425 km W86942.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thézy-Glimont80353 km NW66135.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Virey-sous-Bar10125 km N58848Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Courteranges10139 km N59440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Poissons52149 km N61833.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Érôme26221 km S84838.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Thézy-Glimont80353 km NW66135.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Coudray53425 km W86942.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Comblanchien'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
Courteranges10139 km N59440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Virey-sous-Bar10125 km N58848Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Coudray53425 km W86942.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Contrisson55189 km N76431.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cormes72337 km W89335.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bouère53414 km W1,05828.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %