Darois

Identity

Darois (INSEE 21227) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Forêts, Seine et Suzon. Population 493 (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/21227-darois

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,768 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]

2 × Restaurant (LA MONTAGNE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELIZABETH BOCQUET, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN MANCINI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 438 (2012) → 493 (2023): 12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 493 (2023): 57.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 171, of which 2.3 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Messigny-et-Vantoux): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Étaules): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Darois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Plombières-lès-Dijon): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Darois): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DIJON TOISON weather station, 8.6 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 497 m. ^[12]

The village sits 227 m above 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-DU-M, 11.9 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 81 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 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DIJON TOISON, 8.6 km away at 270 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 — 21227/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21227/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21227/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21227/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21408
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21255
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21227
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21485
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024