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Épernay-sous-Gevrey

Côte-d'Or · CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges · INSEE 21246

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

No daily shops 13.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épernay-sous-Gevrey (INSEE 21246) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 151 (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/21246-epernay-sous-gevrey

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 14,120 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 trend0.69106.89
Housing mix0.9754.87

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: 78 peak 2012: 187 2023: 151 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 187 (2012) → 151 (2023): -19.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 127 (1990) → 151 (2023): 18.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 75, of which 1.3 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km NW (Saint-Philibert)Food shop — 3.5 km E (Noiron-sous-Gevrey)Bakery — 3.8 km E (Noiron-sous-Gevrey)GP — 3.8 km W (Gilly-lès-Cîteaux)Pharmacy — 5.6 km NE (Saulon-la-Chapelle)
Primary school — 3.3 km NWFood shop — 3.5 km EBakery — 3.8 km EGP — 3.8 km WPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Noiron-sous-Gevrey): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Noiron-sous-Gevrey): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Gilly-lès-Cîteaux): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saulon-la-Chapelle): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Philibert): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ST NIC. CITEAUX weather station, 7.2 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 224 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 10.5 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 820 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at VOSNE ROMANEE, 6.3 km away at 255 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 — 21246/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21246/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21246/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21246/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21458
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21297
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21585
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21565
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vernois-lès-Vesvres2152 km N15110.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cuirieux02292 km N15212.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Raucourt-au-Bois59351 km N15013.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Viviès09524 km SW15017.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 %
Bissert67245 km NE15313.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Boustroff57234 km NE15214.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vernois-lès-Vesvres2152 km N15110.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boustroff57234 km NE15214.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bissert67245 km NE15313.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Cuirieux02292 km N15212.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Raucourt-au-Bois59351 km N15013.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Viviès09524 km SW15017.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 %

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ruhans7089 km E14916.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rougeou41265 km W15015.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pont2121 km E15717.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Andelarre7092 km NE15312.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marvelise25124 km E14714.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gredisans3936 km E13611.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %