Meloisey

Identity

Meloisey (INSEE 21401) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Population 321 (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/21401-meloisey

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,933 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 353 (2012) → 321 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 321 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 15.8 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Nantoux): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pommard): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pommard): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meursault): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Meloisey): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BESSEY weather station, 6 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 399 m. ^[12]

The village sits 194 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at BESSEY, 6 km away at 593 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 194 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BESSEY, 6 km away at 593 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 — 21401/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21401/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21401/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21401/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21450
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21492
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21412
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21401
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024