Genay

Identity

Genay (INSEE 21291) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC des Terres d'Auxois. Population 370 (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/21291-genay

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 18,089 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 348 (2012) → 370 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 308 (1990) → 370 (2023): 20.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 10.1 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Viserny): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Semur-en-Auxois): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Semur-en-Auxois): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Semur-en-Auxois): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Genay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC weather station, 5.7 km away at 314 m; the village itself is at 237 m. ^[11]

The village sits 77 m below 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC, 5.7 km away at 314 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 77 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 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC, 5.7 km away at 314 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21291/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21291/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21291/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21291/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21709
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21603
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21291
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024