Soirans

Côte-d'Or · CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône · INSEE 21609

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soirans (INSEE 21609) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône. Population 494 (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/21609-soirans

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,795 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	9.97
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 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 (LE CHALET). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (SG COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	LE CHALET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RPI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB RPI	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	SG COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 114 2023: 494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 462 (2012) → 494 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 330 (1990) → 494 (2023): 49.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 0.5 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.0 km NWBakery — 3.8 km NWFood shop — 4.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.0 km NW 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 (Longeault-Pluvault): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Genlis): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Longeault-Pluvault): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Genlis): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Soirans): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.2

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 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUXONNE weather station, 7.2 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 192 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 16.6 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AUXONNE, 7.2 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21609/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21609/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21609/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21609/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21609
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
Aingeray	54	178 km N	532	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lambach	57	255 km NE	463	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	281 km NW	492	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Kirschnaumen	57	258 km N	481	27.8	Few services	no figures
Écot	25	112 km E	510	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Seuillet	03	178 km SW	479	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écot	25	112 km E	510	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Seuillet	03	178 km SW	479	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Aingeray	54	178 km N	532	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lambach	57	255 km NE	463	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Kirschnaumen	57	258 km N	481	27.8	Few services	no figures
La Forêt-le-Roi	91	281 km NW	492	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · 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 Soirans'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
Ardenay-sur-Mérize	72	375 km W	504	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Sellières	10	149 km NW	568	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Essertenne	71	71 km SW	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-le-Coq	63	205 km SW	578	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Villars	42	198 km S	528	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Surat	63	210 km SW	611	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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