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Longecourt-en-Plaine

Côte-d'Or · CC de la Plaine Dijonnaise · INSEE 21353

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

Few services 37.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Longecourt-en-Plaine (INSEE 21353) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de la Plaine Dijonnaise. Population 1,177 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/21353-longecourt-en-plaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 13,337 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.39207.87
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.65106.51
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE PERRIGOT). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE ESNAULT). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LONGECOURT TABAC PRESSE RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE PERRIGOTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE ESNAULTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI VINCENOTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LONGECOURT TABAC PRESSE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE 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]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 582 peak 2007: 1,252 2023: 1,177 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,209 (2012) → 1,177 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,023 (1990) → 1,177 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 548, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.6 km NW (Thorey-en-Plaine)Pharmacy — 2.6 km NW (Thorey-en-Plaine)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NW 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 (Longecourt-en-Plaine): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Longecourt-en-Plaine): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Thorey-en-Plaine): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Thorey-en-Plaine): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Longecourt-en-Plaine): 0.2 km to the south (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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the DIJON-LONGVIC weather station, 9.2 km away at 219 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 9.2 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VARANGES, 5.3 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21353/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21353/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21353/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21353/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21353
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21632
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marlieux01126 km S1,18548.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel14478 km NW1,25840.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez34415 km S1,13547.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Domart-en-Ponthieu80390 km NW1,08135Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Les Rairies49406 km W1,04143.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Sivry-Courtry77232 km NW1,12439Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marlieux01126 km S1,18548.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Sivry-Courtry77232 km NW1,12439Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Domart-en-Ponthieu80390 km NW1,08135Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Les Rairies49406 km W1,04143.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez34415 km S1,13547.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel14478 km NW1,25840.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Longecourt-en-Plaine'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
Lignières-de-Touraine37358 km W1,31842.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Jebsheim68203 km NE1,36042.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Grigonnais44515 km W1,82846.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-sur-Loir41319 km W1,10545.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche2131 km SW92748.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-de-Varax01122 km S1,63439.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %