Épagny

Côte-d'Or · CC des Vallées de la Tille et de l'Ignon · INSEE 21245

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épagny (INSEE 21245) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC des Vallées de la Tille et de l'Ignon. Population 328 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,972 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 133 2023: 328 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 313 (2012) → 328 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 217 (1990) → 328 (2023): 51.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 2.1 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.7 km SFood shop — 2.9 km EBakery — 5.5 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 km SW 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 (Messigny-et-Vantoux): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marsannay-le-Bois): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Savigny-le-Sec): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Messigny-et-Vantoux): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.2

Days at or below 0 °C 65.4

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DIJON TOISON weather station, 10 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 321 m. ^[12]

The village sits 51 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 TIL-CHATEL_SAPC, 15.6 km away at 283 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAUSSY, 7.6 km away at 554 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21245/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21245/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21245/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21245/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21391
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21591
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21245
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Romelfing	57	212 km NE	328	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Kirsch-lès-Sierck	57	243 km NE	328	24.8	Few services	no figures
Rémeling	57	242 km NE	329	21.5	Few services	no figures
Calavanté	65	607 km SW	329	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Reppe	90	149 km E	322	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Oberdorff	57	233 km NE	329	19.6	No daily shops	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Reppe	90	149 km E	322	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Romelfing	57	212 km NE	328	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Oberdorff	57	233 km NE	329	19.6	No daily shops	no figures
Rémeling	57	242 km NE	329	21.5	Few services	no figures
Kirsch-lès-Sierck	57	243 km NE	328	24.8	Few services	no figures
Calavanté	65	607 km SW	329	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Épagny'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Romelfing	57	212 km NE	328	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Monthairons	55	180 km N	324	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mainvillers	57	207 km NE	318	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Grosne	90	146 km E	321	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Schneckenbusch	57	205 km NE	314	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Schwobsheim	67	207 km NE	323	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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