Prâlon

Identity

Prâlon (INSEE 21504) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Ouche et Montagne. Population 109 (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/21504-pralon

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 11,356 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

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: 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 83 (2012) → 109 (2023): 31.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 71 (1990) → 109 (2023): 53.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 63, of which 6.3 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sombernon): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sombernon): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mâlain): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-M weather station, 10.1 km away at 578 m; the village itself is at 313 m. ^[11]

The village sits 265 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 10.1 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 265 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 969 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESMONT, 3.1 km away at 448 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 174,800 € — 2,057 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 21504/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21504/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21504/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21504/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21611
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21559
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21373
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025