Pagny-le-Château

Côte-d'Or · CC Rives de Saône · INSEE 21475

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 35.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pagny-le-Château (INSEE 21475) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Rives de Saône. Population 477 (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 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,892 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.5	10	5
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC JLT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR DE PAGNY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PAGNY LE CHATEAU RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BASE NAUTIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE MIROIR DES CHEVEUX). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	SNC JLT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE COMPTOIR DE PAGNY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	PAGNY LE CHATEAU RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BASE NAUTIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE MIROIR DES CHEVEUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 428 peak 2017: 514 2023: 477 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 493 (2012) → 477 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 477 (1990) → 477 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 5.3 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.6 km SWGP — 6.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 km SW 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 (Seurre): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pagny-le-Château): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seurre): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Seurre): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pagny-le-Château): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.6

Days at or below 0 °C 56.3

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU weather station, 0.7 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU, 0.7 km away at 182 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PAGNY-LE-CHATEAU, 0.7 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21475/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21475/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21475/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21475/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21607
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21475
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
Saint-André-du-Bois	33	497 km SW	440	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Vouzeron	18	226 km W	578	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Passavant-la-Rochère	70	120 km NE	524	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Laons	28	352 km NW	648	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire	03	177 km W	503	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Beaulieu-sur-Oudon	53	477 km W	483	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Passavant-la-Rochère	70	120 km NE	524	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire	03	177 km W	503	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 82 %
Vouzeron	18	226 km W	578	39.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Laons	28	352 km NW	648	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu-sur-Oudon	53	477 km W	483	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-du-Bois	33	497 km SW	440	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pagny-le-Château'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
Gilly-sur-Loire	71	122 km SW	480	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulzais-le-Potier	18	211 km W	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Paudy	36	248 km W	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Coulongé	72	383 km W	506	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire	03	121 km SW	506	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lésigny	86	337 km W	524	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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