Lamargelle

Identity

Lamargelle (INSEE 21338) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Forêts, Seine et Suzon. Population 142 (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/21338-lamargelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 13,687 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 152 (2012) → 142 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 161 (1990) → 142 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 17 % second homes and 16 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Courtivron): 9.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamargelle): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 11.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 11.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lamargelle): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-M weather station, 15.4 km away at 578 m; the village itself is at 348 m. ^[11]

The village sits 230 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 ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 15.4 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 230 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 1,011 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ECHALOT, 8.9 km away at 440 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 112,500 € — 850 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 21338/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21338/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21338/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21338/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21208
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21338
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21573
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025