Poncey-lès-Athée

Côte-d'Or · CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône · INSEE 21493

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poncey-lès-Athée (INSEE 21493) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône. Population 577 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,303 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 370 peak 2012: 581 2023: 577 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 581 (2012) → 577 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 380 (1990) → 577 (2023): 51.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 13.1 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NGP — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.1 km NFood shop — 3.2 km N 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 (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Poncey-lès-Athée): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AUXONNE weather station, 5.7 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[10]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AUXONNE, 5.7 km away at 185 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 — 21493/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21493/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21493/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21493/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21493
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
Lorcy	45	232 km NW	591	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Béhoust	78	325 km NW	533	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Hem-Lenglet	59	371 km NW	565	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 82 %
Saasenheim	67	200 km NE	573	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Villemanoche	89	203 km NW	667	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Bolsenheim	67	211 km NE	577	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saasenheim	67	200 km NE	573	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Villemanoche	89	203 km NW	667	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Bolsenheim	67	211 km NE	577	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Lorcy	45	232 km NW	591	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Béhoust	78	325 km NW	533	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Hem-Lenglet	59	371 km NW	565	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 82 %

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Elsewhere

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