Molinot
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Molinot (INSEE 21420) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Population 175 (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/21420-molinot
Vitality score
Vitality score 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 55 % of the 15,200 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.41 | 5 | 2.07 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 149 (2012) → 175 (2023): 17.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 153 (1990) → 175 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 29.3 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Épinac): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nolay): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Épinac): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Épinac): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Molinot): 0 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LA ROCHEPOT weather station, 9.3 km away at 417 m; the village itself is at 380 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ARNAY_SAPC, 14.2 km away at 396 m, over 18 summers. [11]
An average of 879 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at NOLAY, 6.6 km away at 375 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 — 21420/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21420/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21420/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21420/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 71190
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21461
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21420
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrevernes | 74 | 183 km SE | 191 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bilhères | 64 | 591 km SW | 154 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire | 48 | 264 km S | 185 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Augnat | 63 | 208 km SW | 183 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre | 18 | 179 km W | 202 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Caumont | 62 | 410 km NW | 150 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre | 18 | 179 km W | 202 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Entrevernes | 74 | 183 km SE | 191 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Augnat | 63 | 208 km SW | 183 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire | 48 | 264 km S | 185 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caumont | 62 | 410 km NW | 150 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 % |
| Bilhères | 64 | 591 km SW | 154 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Molinot'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roche-et-Raucourt | 70 | 108 km NE | 153 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plan-de-Baix | 26 | 249 km S | 162 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches | 71 | 10 km S | 209 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alzen | 09 | 510 km SW | 262 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ormoy | 70 | 143 km NE | 205 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Affléville | 54 | 266 km N | 172 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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