Vielverge

Côte-d'Or · CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône · INSEE 21680

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vielverge (INSEE 21680) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Auxonne Pontailler Val de Saône. Population 495 (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/21680-vielverge

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,804 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.17
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIELVERGE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE SALLE RAYMOND LEMOINE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	VIELVERGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE SALLE RAYMOND LEMOINE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 484 peak 1975: 504 2023: 495 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 491 (2012) → 495 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 495 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 4.9 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km NGP — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 4.9 km WFood shop — 5.0 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 (Perrigny-sur-l'Ognon): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lamarche-sur-Saône): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vielverge): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUXONNE weather station, 10.1 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[11]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AUXONNE, 10.1 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21680/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21680/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21680/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21680/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21482
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21680
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
Lantenay	21	45 km W	496	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %
Bouquemaison	80	399 km NW	493	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 70 %
Talmay	21	9.9 km N	528	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Vornay	18	219 km W	584	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Castelnau-d'Aude	11	499 km SW	497	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Yaguen	40	611 km SW	625	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Talmay	21	9.9 km N	528	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Lantenay	21	45 km W	496	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 %
Vornay	18	219 km W	584	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Bouquemaison	80	399 km NW	493	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 70 %
Castelnau-d'Aude	11	499 km SW	497	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Yaguen	40	611 km SW	625	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 81 %

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Elsewhere

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