Rouvray
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rouvray (INSEE 21531) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Saulieu-Morvan. Population 505 (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/21531-rouvray
Vitality score
Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 96 % of the 17,772 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.34 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SARL CARREAU). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MONIQUE PATARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOUTEILLER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ROUVRAY AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE BY SHARGA). [3,4]
1 × Hotel. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | SARL CARREAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | 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) | 1 | MONIQUE PATARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE BOUTEILLER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ROUVRAY AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | COIFFURE BY SHARGA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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
Population 586 (2012) → 505 (2023): -13.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 601 (1990) → 505 (2023): -16 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 364, of which 15.1 % second homes and 17.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rouvray): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rouvray): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Rouvray): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rouvray): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rouvray): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC weather station, 19 km away at 314 m; the village itself is at 397 m. [9]
The village sits 83 m above 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC, 19 km away at 314 m, over 12 summers. [9]
That station sits 83 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,075 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ST-DIDIER, 11.8 km away at 553 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 76,500 € — 790 € per m² of built surface. [10]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 59,000 € — 329 € per m². [10]
The median across Côte-d'Or is 1,892 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21531/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21531/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21531/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21531/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21531
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varennes-en-Argonne | 55 | 212 km N | 636 | 62.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hucqueliers | 62 | 385 km NW | 494 | 63.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Benoît-du-Sault | 36 | 233 km SW | 510 | 52.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Acheux-en-Amiénois | 80 | 316 km N | 590 | 66 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontenoy-le-Château | 88 | 168 km E | 500 | 51.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 % |
| Chambon-sur-Voueize | 23 | 188 km SW | 794 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenoy-le-Château | 88 | 168 km E | 500 | 51.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 % |
| Chambon-sur-Voueize | 23 | 188 km SW | 794 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Varennes-en-Argonne | 55 | 212 km N | 636 | 62.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Benoît-du-Sault | 36 | 233 km SW | 510 | 52.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Acheux-en-Amiénois | 80 | 316 km N | 590 | 66 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hucqueliers | 62 | 385 km NW | 494 | 63.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Rouvray'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontgibaud | 63 | 201 km SW | 715 | 63.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Précy-sous-Thil | 21 | 16 km E | 719 | 63.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grostenquin | 57 | 261 km NE | 604 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sancergues | 18 | 94 km W | 620 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vauvillers | 70 | 159 km E | 602 | 55.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neung-sur-Beuvron | 41 | 173 km W | 1,259 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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