Arcy-sur-Cure

Yonne · CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan · INSEE 89015

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arcy-sur-Cure (INSEE 89015) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 486 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,820 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.66
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FINE GUEULE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LE FOUR A BOIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARCY SUR CURE AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA FINE GUEULE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE FOUR A BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ARCY SUR CURE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 518 peak 1982: 527 2023: 486 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 490 (2012) → 486 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 503 (1990) → 486 (2023): -3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 481, of which 32.8 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km SEPharmacy — 7.2 km NGP — 7.3 km N 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 (Saint-Moré): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Vermenton): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vermenton): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Arcy-sur-Cure): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MERRY-SUR-YONNE weather station, 12.4 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[11]

The village sits 99 m below 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 15.9 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 119 m above 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 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST MORE, 2.9 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89015/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89015/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89015/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89015/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89362
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89441
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
Saint-Laurent-du-Cros	05	376 km SE	580	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Chamant	19	310 km SW	468	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Privé	89	57 km W	515	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bellefontaine	39	210 km SE	494	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Sirod	39	195 km SE	543	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Vinon	18	78 km SW	302	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Privé	89	57 km W	515	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Vinon	18	78 km SW	302	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sirod	39	195 km SE	543	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Bellefontaine	39	210 km SE	494	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Chamant	19	310 km SW	468	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-du-Cros	05	376 km SE	580	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Arcy-sur-Cure'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
Crouy-sur-Cosson	41	161 km W	507	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cheilly-lès-Maranges	71	104 km SE	515	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Rilly-sur-Vienne	37	253 km W	458	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Melleray	72	228 km W	454	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	32 km W	289	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	84 km NE	438	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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