Saulx-le-Duc

Côte-d'Or · CC des Vallées de la Tille et de l'Ignon · INSEE 21587

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulx-le-Duc (INSEE 21587) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC des Vallées de la Tille et de l'Ignon. Population 246 (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.

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Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,149 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.72	10	7.24
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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: 211 peak 2012: 278 2023: 246 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 278 (2012) → 246 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 201 (1990) → 246 (2023): 22.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 126, of which 4 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km WFood shop — 6.4 km WPharmacy — 7.3 km EGP — 7.5 km E 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 (Courtivron): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moloy): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Is-sur-Tille): 7.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Is-sur-Tille): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saulx-le-Duc): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 86.8

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TIL-CHATEL_SAPC weather station, 14.2 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 424 m. ^[12]

The village sits 141 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TIL-CHATEL_SAPC, 14.2 km away at 283 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 141 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAUSSY, 8.9 km away at 554 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21587/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21587/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21587/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21587/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21421
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21317
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21587
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
Riupeyrous	64	615 km SW	240	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 9 % · humidity 50 %
Vorly	18	204 km W	247	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
La Ferté-Hauterive	03	180 km SW	254	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Annoix	18	198 km W	250	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Frémicourt	62	325 km NW	239	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Chéry	18	229 km W	233	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Ferté-Hauterive	03	180 km SW	254	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Annoix	18	198 km W	250	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Vorly	18	204 km W	247	20.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Chéry	18	229 km W	233	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Frémicourt	62	325 km NW	239	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Riupeyrous	64	615 km SW	240	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 9 % · 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 Saulx-le-Duc'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
Villers-lès-Luxeuil	70	98 km E	310	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne	88	150 km NE	182	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-lès-Clerval	25	110 km E	253	13.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Circourt-sur-Mouzon	88	99 km NE	186	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villey-sur-Tille	21	8.0 km E	264	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lacollonge	90	146 km E	234	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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