Mâlain

Côte-d'Or · CC Ouche et Montagne · INSEE 21373

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 31.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mâlain (INSEE 21373) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Ouche et Montagne. Population 798 (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/21373-malain

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 15,654 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.71	10	7.09
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CAV'O). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB RPI PARIZON). ^[3]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE CAV'O	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB RPI PARIZON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MALAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 564 2023: 798 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 722 (2012) → 798 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 660 (1990) → 798 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 398, of which 8.5 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km SFood shop — 5.1 km EBakery — 5.2 km E 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 (Fleurey-sur-Ouche): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fleurey-sur-Ouche): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mâlain): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 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, 8.6 km away at 578 m; the village itself is at 349 m. ^[11]

The village sits 229 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, 8.6 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 229 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 969 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESMONT, 4.8 km away at 448 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21373/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21373/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21373/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21373/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21559
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21373
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champtercier	04	375 km S	750	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Bagnols	69	157 km S	765	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Guillerval	91	232 km NW	808	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	667 km W	849	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Thorée-les-Pins	72	359 km W	744	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Parmilieu	38	171 km S	723	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bagnols	69	157 km S	765	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Parmilieu	38	171 km S	723	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 70 %
Guillerval	91	232 km NW	808	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Thorée-les-Pins	72	359 km W	744	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Champtercier	04	375 km S	750	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	29	667 km W	849	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · 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 Mâlain'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thorée-les-Pins	72	359 km W	744	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bayel	10	97 km N	738	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-d'Orques	72	387 km W	760	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	214 km NW	952	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Valfleury	42	202 km S	739	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Frolois	54	170 km NE	717	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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