Varanges
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Varanges (INSEE 21656) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de la Plaine Dijonnaise. Population 678 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 16,523 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.85 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CELINE COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | CELINE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 762 (2012) → 678 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 572 (1990) → 678 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 1.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Genlis): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Genlis): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Genlis): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Genlis): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Varanges): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the DIJON-LONGVIC weather station, 9.1 km away at 219 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DIJON-LONGVIC, 9.1 km away at 219 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VARANGES, 0.4 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21656/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21656/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21656/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21656/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21292
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 21656
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustroff | 57 | 261 km N | 641 | 20.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Aubigny | 80 | 358 km NW | 502 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chavanne | 73 | 204 km S | 720 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dorans | 90 | 130 km E | 824 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Baliros | 64 | 619 km SW | 515 | 23.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 % |
| Waltenheim | 68 | 174 km E | 506 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorans | 90 | 130 km E | 824 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Waltenheim | 68 | 174 km E | 506 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chavanne | 73 | 204 km S | 720 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rustroff | 57 | 261 km N | 641 | 20.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Aubigny | 80 | 358 km NW | 502 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Baliros | 64 | 619 km SW | 515 | 23.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Varanges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorans | 90 | 130 km E | 824 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Waltenheim | 68 | 174 km E | 506 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Kindwiller | 67 | 255 km NE | 653 | 21.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ail | 54 | 225 km N | 465 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vayres-sur-Essonne | 91 | 251 km NW | 978 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Autouillet | 78 | 310 km NW | 665 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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