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Viserny

Côte-d'Or · CC du Montbardois · INSEE 21709

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

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viserny (INSEE 21709) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Montbardois. Population 182 (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/21709-viserny

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 15,408 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.45104.53
Housing mix0.5852.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES BOTTIENS). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RPI). [3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUDREY COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL DES BOTTIENSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RPIINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Library1MAIRIE - BIBLIOTHÈQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1AUDREY COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 176 peak 2007: 199 2023: 182 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 183 (2012) → 182 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 191 (1990) → 182 (2023): -4.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 21.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 7.9 km NE (Montbard)Pharmacy — 8.0 km NE (Montbard)GP — 8.3 km NE (Montbard)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 7.9 km NEPharmacy — 8.0 km NEGP — 8.3 km NE 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 (Viserny): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montbard): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Montbard): 8.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Montbard): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Viserny): 0.1 km to the west (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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONTBARD_SAPC weather station, 8.4 km away at 209 m; the village itself is at 255 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTBARD_SAPC, 8.4 km away at 209 m, over 13 summers. [10]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MOUTIERS-ST-J., 4.9 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21709/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21709/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21709/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21709/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21709
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21425
  10. 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
Val de Lambronne11530 km S18019.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 32 % · humidity 36 %
Bagneux-la-Fosse1048 km N17816.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Castelreng11531 km S20720.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %
Barsac26324 km S15426.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Graffigny-Chemin52122 km NE19415.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 77 %
Fribourg57233 km NE15917.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bagneux-la-Fosse1048 km N17816.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Graffigny-Chemin52122 km NE19415.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 77 %
Fribourg57233 km NE15917.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Barsac26324 km S15426.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Val de Lambronne11530 km S18019.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 32 % · humidity 36 %
Castelreng11531 km S20720.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Viserny'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
Bagneux-la-Fosse1048 km N17816.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Drom01171 km SE21524.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Savoisy2121 km NE19425.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Monthelie2173 km SE14419.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Postroff57252 km NE19624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dyé8949 km NW18613.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %