Villers-la-Faye

Identity

Villers-la-Faye (INSEE 21698) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Population 405 (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/21698-villers-la-faye

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 18,030 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

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE HAUTES COTES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE HAUTES COTES). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE / BIBLIOTHEQUE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 404 (2012) → 405 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 386 (1990) → 405 (2023): 4.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 7.7 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Comblanchien): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ladoix-Serrigny): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Corgoloin): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ladoix-Serrigny): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villers-la-Faye): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAVIGNY LES BEA weather station, 6.3 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[12]

The village sits 112 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY LES BEA, 6.3 km away at 246 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 112 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ALOXE CORTON, 4.2 km away at 273 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21698/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21698/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21698/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21698/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21186
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21606
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21194
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21698
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024