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Savouges

Côte-d'Or · CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges · INSEE 21596

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

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Savouges (INSEE 21596) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 370 (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/21596-savouges

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 18,089 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 trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.79

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 47 peak 2012: 382 2023: 370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 382 (2012) → 370 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 153 (1990) → 370 (2023): 141.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 2.1 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.5 km NE (Noiron-sous-Gevrey)Bakery — 1.8 km NE (Noiron-sous-Gevrey)Primary school — 1.9 km NE (Noiron-sous-Gevrey)GP — 2.0 km NE (Noiron-sous-Gevrey)Pharmacy — 3.9 km NE (Saulon-la-Chapelle)
Food shop — 1.5 km NEBakery — 1.8 km NEPrimary school — 1.9 km NEGP — 2.0 km NEPharmacy — 3.9 km NE 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 (Noiron-sous-Gevrey): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Noiron-sous-Gevrey): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Noiron-sous-Gevrey): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saulon-la-Chapelle): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Noiron-sous-Gevrey): 1.9 km to the north-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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST NIC. CITEAUX weather station, 7 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 225 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 9.5 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST NIC. CITEAUX, 7 km away at 203 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 — 21596/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21596/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21596/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21596/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21458
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21585
  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
Rotherens73208 km SE37117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hausgauen68177 km E36912.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cuis51217 km N3689.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Arraye-et-Han54206 km NE37013.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe35495 km W36816.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Prugny10145 km NW36714.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prugny10145 km NW36714.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hausgauen68177 km E36912.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Arraye-et-Han54206 km NE37013.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rotherens73208 km SE37117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cuis51217 km N3689.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe35495 km W36816.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Savouges'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
Rotherens73208 km SE37117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Prugny10145 km NW36714.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ruffey-le-Château2557 km E36617.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Aumur3926 km SE39314.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cirey7084 km E37217No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Onans25122 km E36811.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %