Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye

Côte-d'Or · CC Forêts, Seine et Suzon · INSEE 21573

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

Partly served 53.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye (INSEE 21573) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Forêts, Seine et Suzon. Population 364 (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/21573-saint-seine-l-abbaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 18,057 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.17
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES TILLEULS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUR LA SEINE DU VIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTO'RAPID). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-ANNE DURAND-FONVIEILLE, MÉDECIN · AGNÈS VILLANI, MÉDECIN · HENRI FONVIEILLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'ABBAYE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST SEINE L'ABBAYE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU PAYS DE SAINT-SEINE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE ST SEINE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG). ^[3]

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

2 × Hotel (AUBERGE CAMPAGNARDE · RELAIS DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SUR LA SEINE DU VIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	RESTO'RAPID	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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARIE-ANNE DURAND-FONVIEILLE, MÉDECIN · AGNÈS VILLANI, MÉDECIN · HENRI FONVIEILLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'ABBAYE	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	ST SEINE L'ABBAYE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU PAYS DE SAINT-SEINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE ST SEINE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1	COIFFURE SAINT SEINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	AUBERGE CAMPAGNARDE · RELAIS DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 358 peak 2017: 375 2023: 364 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 359 (2012) → 364 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 364 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 15.3 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.7

Days at or below 0 °C 56.9

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-DU-M weather station, 4.5 km away at 578 m; the village itself is at 458 m. ^[9]

The village sits 120 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 4.5 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 120 m above 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 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARTIN (MAN), 1 km away at 540 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21573/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21573/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21573/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21573/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21573
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
Pontarion	23	275 km SW	357	51.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pois	50	459 km W	454	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Le Veurdre	03	153 km SW	475	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-de-Visa	82	461 km SW	396	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Sauzet	46	433 km SW	531	56	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Buzancy	08	221 km N	380	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Veurdre	03	153 km SW	475	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Buzancy	08	221 km N	380	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Pontarion	23	275 km SW	357	51.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Sauzet	46	433 km SW	531	56	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pois	50	459 km W	454	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-de-Visa	82	461 km SW	396	53.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Seine-l'Abbaye'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
Monthois	08	208 km N	390	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chavanges	10	120 km N	567	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Damvillers	55	216 km N	613	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Olette	66	578 km S	360	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Veaugues	18	154 km W	593	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sancergues	18	145 km W	620	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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