Pothières

Identity

Pothières (INSEE 21499) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays Châtillonnais. Population 189 (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/21499-pothieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 15,632 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 214 (2012) → 189 (2023): -11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 232 (1990) → 189 (2023): -18.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 11.3 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mussy-sur-Seine): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charrey-sur-Seine): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Châtillon-sur-Seine): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHATILLON/SEINE weather station, 9.3 km away at 262 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[12]

The village sits 61 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 CHATILLON/SEINE, 9.3 km away at 262 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 61 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 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATILLON/SEINE, 9.3 km away at 262 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 87,000 € — 709 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21499/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21499/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21499/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21499/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 10261
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21149
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21545
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21154
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025