Recey-sur-Ource

Côte-d'Or · CC du Pays Châtillonnais · INSEE 21519

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

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Recey-sur-Ource (INSEE 21519) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays Châtillonnais. Population 334 (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 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 18,024 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.22	10	2.25
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL RECEENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA GARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI MORAT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIANA MARIANA BAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RECEY SUR OURCE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RECEY-SUR-OURCE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE H MORAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ALTESSE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL RECEENS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE HENRI MORAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LIANA MARIANA BAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	RECEY SUR OURCE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RECEY-SUR-OURCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE H MORAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ALTESSE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 662 2023: 334 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 375 (2012) → 334 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 461 (1990) → 334 (2023): -27.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 24.9 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 13.1 km NEPharmacy — 15.1 km E 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 (Recey-sur-Ource): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rouvres-sur-Aube): 13.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Recey-sur-Ource): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Auberive): 15.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Recey-sur-Ource): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 43.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BURE LES TEMPLIERS_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 461 m; the village itself is at 320 m. ^[11]

The village sits 141 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]

An average of 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RECEY SUR OURCE, 0.3 km away at 326 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21519/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21519/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21519/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21519/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21519
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52439
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52023
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
Azillanet	34	523 km S	357	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %
Pervenchères	61	337 km W	344	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Le Bec-Hellouin	27	345 km NW	366	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Vrécourt	88	77 km NE	341	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Chalencon	07	323 km S	328	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 23 %
Fay-sur-Lignon	43	315 km S	335	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 26 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vrécourt	88	77 km NE	341	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Fay-sur-Lignon	43	315 km S	335	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 26 %
Chalencon	07	323 km S	328	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 23 %
Pervenchères	61	337 km W	344	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Le Bec-Hellouin	27	345 km NW	366	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Azillanet	34	523 km S	357	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %

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