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Saint-Germain-de-Modéon

Côte-d'Or · CC de Saulieu-Morvan · INSEE 21548

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Modéon (INSEE 21548) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Saulieu-Morvan. Population 174 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/21548-saint-germain-de-modeon

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 15,155 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.51105.06
Housing mix0.452.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 279 2023: 174 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 165 (2012) → 174 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 173 (1990) → 174 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 29.8 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.6 km E (La Roche-en-Brenil)Food shop — 3.6 km E (La Roche-en-Brenil)Primary school — 3.6 km E (La Roche-en-Brenil)GP — 5.4 km N (Rouvray)Pharmacy — 5.4 km N (Rouvray)
Bakery — 3.6 km EFood shop — 3.6 km EPrimary school — 3.6 km EGP — 5.4 km NPharmacy — 5.4 km N 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 (La Roche-en-Brenil): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Roche-en-Brenil): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Rouvray): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Rouvray): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (La Roche-en-Brenil): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SAULIEU weather station, 14.3 km away at 586 m; the village itself is at 410 m. [10]

The village sits 176 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at SAULIEU, 14.3 km away at 586 m, over 20 summers. [10]

That station sits 176 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 1,075 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-DIDIER, 6.4 km away at 553 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21548/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21548/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21548/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21548/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21525
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21531
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Metz-le-Comte5837 km W1778.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Foissy2143 km SE17311.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Esclottes47428 km SW1708.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville50457 km NW1738.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Les Essards16389 km SW1757No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Malleret-Boussac23190 km SW1754.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Metz-le-Comte5837 km W1778.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Foissy2143 km SE17311.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Malleret-Boussac23190 km SW1754.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Les Essards16389 km SW1757No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Esclottes47428 km SW1708.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville50457 km NW1738.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Saint-Germain-de-Modéon'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Metz-le-Comte5837 km W1778.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Barrais-Bussolles03125 km S1856.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Épeigné-sur-Dême37266 km W1627.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Livet-sur-Authou27329 km NW16311.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnay36224 km W1646No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Apchat63234 km S1625.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %