Ruffey-lès-Beaune

Côte-d'Or · CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay · INSEE 21534

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ruffey-lès-Beaune (INSEE 21534) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CA Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Population 740 (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/21534-ruffey-les-beaune

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,142 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.69	10	6.9
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RUFFEY LES BEAUNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - FOYER RURAL). ^[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. ^[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	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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	RUFFEY LES BEAUNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - FOYER RURAL	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 415 2023: 740 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 702 (2012) → 740 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 622 (1990) → 740 (2023): 19 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 345, of which 5.8 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery GP — 2.2 km NWPrimary school — 2.3 km NWFood shop — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 4.3 km W 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 (Ruffey-lès-Beaune): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaune): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vignoles): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Beaune): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vignoles): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.3

Muggy days a summer 1

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAVIGNY LES BEA weather station, 7.1 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 190 m. ^[11]

The village sits 56 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 SAVIGNY LES BEA, 7.1 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 56 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALOXE CORTON, 6.8 km away at 273 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 — 21534/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21534/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21534/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21534/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21534
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21684
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
Saint-Urbain-Maconcourt	52	155 km N	598	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boudou	82	445 km SW	757	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Malrevers	43	226 km S	763	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois	41	285 km W	774	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montaut	09	497 km SW	707	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle-Erbrée	35	468 km W	717	21	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Urbain-Maconcourt	52	155 km N	598	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Malrevers	43	226 km S	763	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois	41	285 km W	774	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boudou	82	445 km SW	757	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
La Chapelle-Erbrée	35	468 km W	717	21	Few services	no figures
Montaut	09	497 km SW	707	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Ruffey-lès-Beaune'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
Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois	41	285 km W	774	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-sur-Yèvre	18	182 km W	850	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lussat	63	185 km SW	949	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Neuillé-le-Lierre	37	307 km W	753	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	172 km W	1,023	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferrière-en-Parthenay	79	382 km W	774	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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