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Marigny-le-Cahouët

Côte-d'Or · CC du Pays d'Alésia et de la Seine · INSEE 21386

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marigny-le-Cahouët (INSEE 21386) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays d'Alésia et de la Seine. Population 305 (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/21386-marigny-le-cahouet

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 17,905 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.55105.52
Housing mix0.7153.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARIGNY LE CAHOUET AP). [3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1MARIGNY LE CAHOUET APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUEINSEE 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 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 388 2023: 305 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 307 (2012) → 305 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 290 (1990) → 305 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 14.6 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.2 km N (Pouillenay)Food shop — 6.4 km W (Saint-Euphrône)Bakery — 8.4 km N (Venarey-les-Laumes)GP — 8.7 km N (Venarey-les-Laumes)Pharmacy — 8.9 km NW (Semur-en-Auxois)
Primary school — 5.2 km NFood shop — 6.4 km WBakery — 8.4 km NGP — 8.7 km NPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Venarey-les-Laumes): 8.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Euphrône): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Venarey-les-Laumes): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Semur-en-Auxois): 8.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Pouillenay): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC weather station, 9.1 km away at 314 m; the village itself is at 306 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC, 9.1 km away at 314 m, over 12 summers. [12]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MARIGNY LE CAHOUET, 2.5 km away at 335 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21386/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21386/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21386/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21386/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21663
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21547
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21603
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21500
  12. 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
Boursonne60220 km NW30318No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Lin79371 km W31013No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Loches-sur-Ource1067 km N35012.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Latrecey-Ormoy-sur-Aube5265 km NE26810.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Le Chastang19330 km SW34916.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Aubigny-les-Pothées08257 km N30614.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Latrecey-Ormoy-sur-Aube5265 km NE26810.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Loches-sur-Ource1067 km N35012.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Boursonne60220 km NW30318No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 85 %
Aubigny-les-Pothées08257 km N30614.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Le Chastang19330 km SW34916.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lin79371 km W31013No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Davron78243 km NW29518No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aubréville55193 km N37514No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier03183 km SW32711.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mazerier03177 km SW31712.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Menetou-Couture18125 km W34311.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Voulaines-les-Templiers2146 km NE27017.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %