Darcey

Identity

Darcey (INSEE 21226) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays d'Alésia et de la Seine. Population 330 (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/21226-darcey

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 18,033 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 (LA PETITE GRANGE, BAR, RESTAURANT L'ORIGINE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DARCEY RP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING GCU DE FRÔLOIS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 343 (2012) → 330 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 330 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 179, of which 10.1 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Grésigny-Sainte-Reine): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Étormay): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Venarey-les-Laumes): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Baigneux-les-Juifs): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Darcey): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BAIGNEUX LES JUIFS weather station, 7.8 km away at 415 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[13]

The village sits 130 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 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BAIGNEUX LES JUIFS, 7.8 km away at 415 m, over 12 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 130 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 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at GISSEY-SOUS-FLAVIGNY, 4.5 km away at 280 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 — 21226/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21226/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21226/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21226/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21307
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21257
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21663
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21043
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21226
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024