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Vic-sous-Thil

Côte-d'Or · CC des Terres d'Auxois · INSEE 21678

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

No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vic-sous-Thil (INSEE 21678) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC des Terres d'Auxois. Population 188 (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/21678-vic-sous-thil

Vitality score

Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 15,585 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 trend0.4104
Housing mix0.5652.78

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: 233 2023: 188 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 198 (2012) → 188 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 209 (1990) → 188 (2023): -10 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 158, of which 22.2 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.9 km N (Précy-sous-Thil)Food shop — 2.0 km N (Précy-sous-Thil)Pharmacy — 2.0 km N (Précy-sous-Thil)Bakery — 2.1 km N (Précy-sous-Thil)GP — 2.1 km N (Précy-sous-Thil)
Primary school — 1.9 km NFood shop — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.0 km NBakery — 2.1 km NGP — 2.1 km N 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 (Précy-sous-Thil): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Précy-sous-Thil): 2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Précy-sous-Thil): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Précy-sous-Thil): 2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Précy-sous-Thil): 1.9 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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC weather station, 12.5 km away at 314 m; the village itself is at 328 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at SEMUR EN AUXOIS_SAPC, 12.5 km away at 314 m, over 12 summers. [9]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTTE-TERNANT, 5.2 km away at 362 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21678/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21678/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21678/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21678/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21505
  9. 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
Sauveterre81455 km S18811.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Grignon2122 km N1866.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Senaide88130 km NE1857.7No daily shopsno figures
Givry8942 km NW18110.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Verdon51183 km N19515.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Espenel26307 km S19314.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Grignon2122 km N1866.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Givry8942 km NW18110.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Senaide88130 km NE1857.7No daily shopsno figures
Verdon51183 km N19515.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Espenel26307 km S19314.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Sauveterre81455 km S18811.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Vic-sous-Thil'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
Givry8942 km NW18110.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Island8937 km W1878.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fouronnes8962 km NW18314.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Trancault10126 km NW18210.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Culles-les-Roches7184 km S19910.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bercenay-le-Hayer10121 km NW18712.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %