Étaules

Identity

Étaules (INSEE 21255) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Forêts, Seine et Suzon. Population 339 (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/21255-etaules

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 18,048 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL DES QUETELOTS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 256 (2012) → 339 (2023): 32.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 339 (2023): 40.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 138, of which 3.6 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Messigny-et-Vantoux): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Étaules): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Darois): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Messigny-et-Vantoux): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Darois): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DIJON TOISON weather station, 9.2 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 524 m. ^[11]

The village sits 254 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 12.3 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUSSY, 7 km away at 554 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 339,156 € — 1,755 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 21255/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21255/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21255/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21255/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21408
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21255
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21227
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025