Montholon

Yonne · CC de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne · INSEE 89003

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

Partly served 55.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montholon (INSEE 89003) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne. Population 2,709 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 3 former communes: Champvallon (89078), Villiers-sur-Tholon (89473), Volgré (89484). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/89003-montholon

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 80 % of the 7,776 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.57	10	5.66
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAS PASCAULT). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE MON THOLON). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (MONT KEBAB). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L'ETOILE). ^[5]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA CROIX DE L'ORME). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY PINAS, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L AILLANTAIS). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTHOLON AILLANT-SUR-THOLON · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLIERS-SUR-THOLON). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF INTERCOMMUNAL). ^[4]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CAISS LOCAL CREDIT AGRIC AILLANT-THOLON · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG). ^[4]

6 × Hairdresser (SAS FRANCK · CHRISTELLE · NATUR'ELLE & LUI · CONCEPT COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SAS PASCAULT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE MON THOLON	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	SUPER U	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	MONT KEBAB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE L'ETOILE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LA CROIX DE L'ORME	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	THIERRY PINAS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L AILLANTAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	2	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTHOLON AILLANT-SUR-THOLON · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLIERS-SUR-THOLON	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF INTERCOMMUNAL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CAISS LOCAL CREDIT AGRIC AILLANT-THOLON · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Hairdresser	6	SAS FRANCK · CHRISTELLE · NATUR'ELLE & LUI · CONCEPT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,033 peak 2012: 2,887 2023: 2,709 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,887 (2012) → 2,709 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,542 (1990) → 2,709 (2023): 6.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,616, of which 7.9 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montholon): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montholon): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montholon): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montholon): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montholon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 68.8

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AILLANT weather station, 0.3 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at JOIGNY, 12.1 km away at 75 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AILLANT, 0.3 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89003
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
Ambrières-les-Vallées	53	301 km W	2,619	63.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Percy-en-Normandie	50	355 km W	2,641	64.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Montfort-l'Amaury	78	152 km NW	2,779	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Civray	86	301 km SW	2,522	65	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Charolles	71	175 km SE	2,772	72.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe	72	252 km W	2,928	62.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montfort-l'Amaury	78	152 km NW	2,779	63.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Charolles	71	175 km SE	2,772	72.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe	72	252 km W	2,928	62.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Civray	86	301 km SW	2,522	65	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Ambrières-les-Vallées	53	301 km W	2,619	63.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Percy-en-Normandie	50	355 km W	2,641	64.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 34 % · 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 Montholon'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalamont	01	250 km SE	2,533	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu	42	201 km S	2,588	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs	38	320 km SE	3,425	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Charlieu	42	201 km S	3,766	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Crémieu	38	279 km SE	3,536	63.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Aigueperse	63	206 km S	2,665	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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