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Terrefondrée

Côte-d'Or · CC du Pays Châtillonnais · INSEE 21626

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

No daily shops 16.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Terrefondrée (INSEE 21626) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays Châtillonnais. Population 69 (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/21626-terrefondree

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 7,284 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.62
Housing mix0.4152.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GANI CASSE-CROUTE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1GANI CASSE-CROUTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 112 2023: 69 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 68 (2012) → 69 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 65 (1990) → 69 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 61, of which 29.5 % second homes and 18 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 5.5 km N (Recey-sur-Ource)GP — 5.6 km N (Recey-sur-Ource)Primary school — 5.7 km N (Recey-sur-Ource)Food shop — 10.1 km SE (Fraignot-et-Vesvrotte)Pharmacy — 16.1 km E (Auberive)
Bakery — 5.5 km NGP — 5.6 km NPrimary school — 5.7 km NFood shop — 10.1 km SEPharmacy — 16.1 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 (Recey-sur-Ource): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fraignot-et-Vesvrotte): 10.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Recey-sur-Ource): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Auberive): 16.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Recey-sur-Ource): 5.7 km to the north (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 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BURE LES TEMPLIERS_SAPC weather station, 6.4 km away at 461 m; the village itself is at 346 m. [11]

The village sits 115 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. [11]

An average of 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at RECEY SUR OURCE, 5.8 km away at 326 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21626/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21626/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21626/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21626/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21519
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21283
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52023
  11. 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
Roquefère11522 km SW6918.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Sainte-Vertu8971 km W6614.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
La Pommeraye14412 km W6620Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Cazac31575 km SW7514.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Urbalacone2A730 km SE6518.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 45 %
Tintry7193 km S8021.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 68 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Vertu8971 km W6614.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Tintry7193 km S8021.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 68 %
La Pommeraye14412 km W6620Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Roquefère11522 km SW6918.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Cazac31575 km SW7514.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Urbalacone2A730 km SE6518.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 45 %

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