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Thenissey

Côte-d'Or · CC du Pays d'Alésia et de la Seine · INSEE 21627

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

No daily shops 5.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thenissey (INSEE 21627) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays d'Alésia et de la Seine. Population 93 (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/21627-thenissey

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 9,855 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 trend0.21102.1
Housing mix0.4952.43

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: 176 2023: 93 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 118 (2012) → 93 (2023): -21.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 131 (1990) → 93 (2023): -29 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 25.7 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 4.6 km S (Jailly-les-Moulins)Food shop — 7.0 km W (Flavigny-sur-Ozerain)Primary school — 7.1 km NW (Darcey)Pharmacy — 11.7 km N (Baigneux-les-Juifs)GP — 12.6 km SW (Vitteaux)
Bakery — 4.6 km SFood shop — 7.0 km WPrimary school — 7.1 km NWPharmacy — 11.7 km NGP — 12.6 km SW 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 (Jailly-les-Moulins): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Flavigny-sur-Ozerain): 7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Vitteaux): 12.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Baigneux-les-Juifs): 11.7 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Darcey): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the BAIGNEUX LES JUIFS weather station, 11.7 km away at 415 m; the village itself is at 301 m. [13]

The village sits 114 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at BAIGNEUX LES JUIFS, 11.7 km away at 415 m, over 12 summers. [13]

That station sits 114 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at GISSEY-SOUS-FLAVIGNY, 3 km away at 280 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21627/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21627/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21627/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21627/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21321
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21271
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21710
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21043
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21226
  13. 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
Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne17415 km W934.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Échalot2121 km NE936.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Serpent11539 km S929.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Sassey-sur-Meuse55217 km N936No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-Taurieux19343 km SW917.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Générest65591 km SW917.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Échalot2121 km NE936.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sassey-sur-Meuse55217 km N936No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-Taurieux19343 km SW917.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne17415 km W934.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
La Serpent11539 km S929.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Générest65591 km SW917.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · 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 Thenissey'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
Échalot2121 km NE936.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sassey-sur-Meuse55217 km N936No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Neuilh65607 km SW9314.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Belrupt88128 km NE886No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Froidos55178 km N9711.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vireaux8954 km NW974.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %