Ruffey-lès-Echirey

Côte-d'Or · CC Norge et Tille · INSEE 21535

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

Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ruffey-lès-Echirey (INSEE 21535) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Norge et Tille. Population 1,385 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/21535-ruffey-les-echirey

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 12,184 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	25	0
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (BAR L'ESCAPADE - SANDWICHERIE L'ESCAPADE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIBAULT LELONG, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EMMANUELLE LABROSSE \ MON IDEAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	RESTAURANT DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR L'ESCAPADE - SANDWICHERIE L'ESCAPADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	THIBAULT LELONG, 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	RUFFEY LES ECHIREY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE 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	EMMANUELLE LABROSSE \ MON IDEAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 696 2023: 1,385 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,242 (2012) → 1,385 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 867 (1990) → 1,385 (2023): 59.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 592, of which 0.5 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.0 km SFood shop — 2.5 km SWPharmacy — 2.7 km SW 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 (Dijon): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dijon): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ruffey-lès-Echirey): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dijon): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ruffey-lès-Echirey): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62.4

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DIJON TOISON weather station, 3.1 km away at 270 m; the village itself is at 246 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 11.1 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DIJON TOISON, 3.1 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21535/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21535/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21535/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21535/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21535
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
Gardouch	31	516 km SW	1,370	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Darnieulles	88	132 km NE	1,364	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Haussy	59	338 km N	1,451	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-d'Anjou	53	417 km W	1,495	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Moigny-sur-École	91	229 km NW	1,294	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aschères-le-Marché	45	244 km W	1,157	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Darnieulles	88	132 km NE	1,364	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moigny-sur-École	91	229 km NW	1,294	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aschères-le-Marché	45	244 km W	1,157	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Haussy	59	338 km N	1,451	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-d'Anjou	53	417 km W	1,495	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Gardouch	31	516 km SW	1,370	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

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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-Echirey'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
Surbourg	67	268 km NE	1,733	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Merxheim	68	176 km E	1,396	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dessenheim	68	192 km E	1,442	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Duppigheim	67	227 km NE	1,906	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière	69	190 km S	1,312	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Munchhouse	68	186 km E	1,518	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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