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Bucey-lès-Gy

Haute-Saône · CC des Monts de Gy · INSEE 70104

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bucey-lès-Gy (INSEE 70104) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Monts de Gy. Population 575 (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/70104-bucey-les-gy

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 69 % of the 17,327 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.49104.86
Housing mix0.9254.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON PAROTY BUCEY LES GY). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE DE LA GARE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BUCEY LES GY AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BUCEY LES GY). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (CINDY'S COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON PAROTY BUCEY LES GYINSEE 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]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1CAFE DE LA GAREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 postale1BUCEY LES GY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BUCEY LES GYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2CINDY'S COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 623 peak 2007: 643 2023: 575 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 635 (2012) → 575 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 583 (1990) → 575 (2023): -1.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 3.8 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.5 km NE (Bucey-lès-Gy)Pharmacy — 2.5 km SW (Gy)GP — 2.7 km SW (Gy)Food shop — 2.8 km SW (Gy)Primary school — 2.9 km SW (Gy)
Bakery — 0.5 km NEPharmacy — 2.5 km SWGP — 2.7 km SWFood shop — 2.8 km SWPrimary school — 2.9 km SW 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 (Bucey-lès-Gy): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gy): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Gy): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Gy): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Gy): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BUCEY-LES-GY weather station, 0.1 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 216 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at RIOZ, 16.6 km away at 275 m, over 23 summers. [10]

That station sits 59 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BUCEY-LES-GY, 0.1 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70104/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70104/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70104/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70104/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70104
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70282
  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
Anais16468 km W58749.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Breurey-lès-Faverney7043 km NE58829.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Longessaigne69211 km SW58936.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Chenecey-Buillon2533 km S49129.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Usseau86408 km W57337.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Trépot2537 km SE56528.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chenecey-Buillon2533 km S49129.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Trépot2537 km SE56528.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Breurey-lès-Faverney7043 km NE58829.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Longessaigne69211 km SW58936.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Usseau86408 km W57337.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Anais16468 km W58749.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Bucey-lès-Gy'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
Damerey7192 km SW54539.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Liesle2540 km S55835.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rancy71108 km SW61639.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Bouniagues24506 km SW57845.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Quincy18280 km W81836.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nothalten67157 km NE40934.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %