Monthelie
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Monthelie (INSEE 21428) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Population 144 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 13,781 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.25 | 10 | 2.46 |
| Housing mix | 0.51 | 5 | 2.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE CHARLY). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: 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) | 1 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE CHARLY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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] | |
| 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 159 (2012) → 144 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 193 (1990) → 144 (2023): -25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 110, of which 24.5 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Monthelie): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Meursault): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Meursault): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Meursault): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Monthelie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LA ROCHEPOT weather station, 8.3 km away at 417 m; the village itself is at 278 m. [10]
The village sits 139 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 8.9 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. [10]
An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LA ROCHEPOT, 8.3 km away at 417 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 383,270 € — 2,340 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21428/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21428/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21428/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21428/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21428
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21412
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barsac | 26 | 255 km S | 154 | 26.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Évosges | 01 | 128 km SE | 142 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caumont | 62 | 418 km NW | 150 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 % |
| Vioménil | 88 | 162 km NE | 153 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monsac | 24 | 399 km SW | 178 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Laon | 86 | 363 km W | 136 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évosges | 01 | 128 km SE | 142 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vioménil | 88 | 162 km NE | 153 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barsac | 26 | 255 km S | 154 | 26.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Laon | 86 | 363 km W | 136 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Monsac | 24 | 399 km SW | 178 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Caumont | 62 | 418 km NW | 150 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 % |
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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 Monthelie'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vioménil | 88 | 162 km NE | 153 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Laon | 86 | 363 km W | 136 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bilhères | 64 | 599 km SW | 154 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meurville | 10 | 135 km N | 151 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rumont | 77 | 221 km NW | 125 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grésigny-Sainte-Reine | 21 | 66 km N | 147 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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