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L'Étang-Vergy

Côte-d'Or · CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges · INSEE 21254

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

Few services 35.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Étang-Vergy (INSEE 21254) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 200 (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/21254-l-etang-vergy

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,961 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.83108.33
Housing mix0.8354.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES DE VERGY). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE BONAFY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (L ETANG VERGY RP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE L'ETANG-VERGY). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES GOURMANDISES DE VERGYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1HELENE BONAFY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1L ETANG VERGY RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE L'ETANG-VERGYINSEE BPE 1 [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: 176 peak 2017: 213 2023: 200 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 190 (2012) → 200 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 150 (1990) → 200 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 8.6 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.8 km SE (Nuits-Saint-Georges)Pharmacy — 7.1 km SE (Nuits-Saint-Georges)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 6.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.1 km SE 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 (L'Étang-Vergy): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (L'Étang-Vergy): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (L'Étang-Vergy): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MARSANNAY LA COTE weather station, 13 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 319 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 13.8 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. [10]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 820 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VOSNE ROMANEE, 6 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 231,176 € — 1,942 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21254/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21254/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21254/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21254/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21254
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21464
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Savoisy2171 km NW19425.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Coulanges03109 km SW28526.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amadou09515 km SW28333.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 51 % · humidity 36 %
Rarécourt55212 km N19519.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Myon2582 km E18235.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lesmont10143 km N29830.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Savoisy2171 km NW19425.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Myon2582 km E18235.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Coulanges03109 km SW28526.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lesmont10143 km N29830.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rarécourt55212 km N19519.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amadou09515 km SW28333.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 51 % · humidity 36 %

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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 L'Étang-Vergy'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coulanges03109 km SW28526.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Myon2582 km E18235.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin2128 km SW19526.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Viserny2162 km NW18224.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vanault-les-Dames51185 km N37640.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-sur-Loire58124 km W23035.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %