Velars-sur-Ouche

Côte-d'Or · CC Ouche et Montagne · INSEE 21661

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Velars-sur-Ouche (INSEE 21661) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Ouche et Montagne. Population 1,798 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/21661-velars-sur-ouche

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 10,296 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.64
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES TROIS PONTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE GLACIER · RESTAURANT AUBERGE GOURMANDE · AUBERGE GOURMANDE · A LA GRASIHADE · PIGAUFRETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIENNE BEAULIER). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VICTOR LARGER, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE KLIHO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (IB COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DES TROIS PONTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	LE GLACIER · RESTAURANT AUBERGE GOURMANDE · AUBERGE GOURMANDE · A LA GRASIHADE · PIGAUFRETTE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA POSTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIENNE BEAULIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	VICTOR LARGER, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE KLIHO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	IB COIFFURE ESTHETIQUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 792 2023: 1,798 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,734 (2012) → 1,798 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,422 (1990) → 1,798 (2023): 26.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 806, of which 1.4 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.9 km WPharmacy — 3.9 km W 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 (Velars-sur-Ouche): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fleurey-sur-Ouche): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Velars-sur-Ouche): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fleurey-sur-Ouche): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Velars-sur-Ouche): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.4

Days at or below 0 °C 59.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARSANNAY LA COTE weather station, 8.3 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 262 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-DU-M, 13.2 km away at 578 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 316 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DIJON, 8.1 km away at 240 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 — 21661/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21661/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21661/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21661/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21661
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21273
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
Krautergersheim	67	236 km NE	1,781	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Perrecy-les-Forges	71	94 km SW	1,542	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Lentigny	42	163 km SW	1,794	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 14 %
La Capelle	02	304 km N	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Avesnes-le-Comte	62	372 km NW	1,840	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ginasservis	83	412 km S	2,075	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Perrecy-les-Forges	71	94 km SW	1,542	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Lentigny	42	163 km SW	1,794	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 14 %
Krautergersheim	67	236 km NE	1,781	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Capelle	02	304 km N	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Avesnes-le-Comte	62	372 km NW	1,840	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ginasservis	83	412 km S	2,075	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 58 % · 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 Velars-sur-Ouche'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
Krautergersheim	67	236 km NE	1,781	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pargny-sur-Saulx	51	161 km N	1,654	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Jasseron	01	127 km S	1,917	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Landser	68	191 km E	1,633	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune	71	56 km S	1,533	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Surbourg	67	281 km NE	1,733	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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