Époisses

Côte-d'Or · CC des Terres d'Auxois · INSEE 21247

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

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Époisses (INSEE 21247) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC des Terres d'Auxois. Population 715 (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/21247-epoisses

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 16,325 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.4	10	4.01
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DELICE DU TERROIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (UTILE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU CHATEAU · RESTAURANT LA POMME D'OR). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-LOUISE DE MARILLAC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BOUJEMAA ZAROUALA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE UXOL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DELICE DU TERROIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	AUBERGE DU CHATEAU · RESTAURANT LA POMME D'OR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-LOUISE DE MARILLAC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BOUJEMAA ZAROUALA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE UXOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	EPOISSES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 696 peak 1982: 820 2023: 715 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 771 (2012) → 715 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 794 (1990) → 715 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 451, of which 12.4 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Époisses): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Époisses): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Époisses): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Époisses): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Époisses): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.6

Days at or below 0 °C 59.9

Muggy days a summer 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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC weather station, 12.7 km away at 314 m; the village itself is at 266 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC, 12.7 km away at 314 m, over 12 summers. ^[9]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MOUTIERS-ST-J., 7 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21247/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21247/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21247/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21247/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21247
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
Pontgibaud	63	212 km SW	715	63.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Adriers	86	292 km SW	698	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye	89	75 km W	905	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Châteldon	63	177 km S	740	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	320 km SW	729	57.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre	18	115 km W	649	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye	89	75 km W	905	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre	18	115 km W	649	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Châteldon	63	177 km S	740	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pontgibaud	63	212 km SW	715	63.1	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Adriers	86	292 km SW	698	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Sommières-du-Clain	86	320 km SW	729	57.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Époisses'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
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye	89	75 km W	905	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sellières	39	129 km SE	737	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Veurdre	03	120 km SW	475	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sancergues	18	102 km W	620	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Champignelles	89	88 km W	905	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Recologne	25	127 km E	730	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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