Villars-Fontaine

Identity

Villars-Fontaine (INSEE 21688) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 116 (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/21688-villars-fontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 11,868 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.

Services

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

2 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU COTEAU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 121 (2012) → 116 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 117 (1990) → 116 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 73, of which 12.3 % second homes and 16.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (L'Étang-Vergy): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Messanges): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nuits-Saint-Georges): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (L'Étang-Vergy): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAVIGNY LES BEA weather station, 11.1 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 324 m. ^[11]

The village sits 78 m above 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 11.1 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 78 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NUITS ST GEORGE, 4.8 km away at 232 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21688/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21688/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21688/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21688/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21254
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21464
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21407
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024