Bellechaume

Yonne · CC Serein et Armance · INSEE 89035

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellechaume (INSEE 89035) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Serein et Armance. Population 436 (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/89035-bellechaume

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,925 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.09
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (C-T PRESTATIONS). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLECHAUME AP). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	C-T PRESTATIONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BELLECHAUME AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 259 peak 2007: 460 2023: 436 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 434 (2012) → 436 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 333 (1990) → 436 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 15.4 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.1 km EPrimary school — 5.1 km EGP — 5.5 km SFood shop — 5.6 km SPharmacy — 5.6 km S 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 (Champlost): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brienon-sur-Armançon): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brienon-sur-Armançon): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brienon-sur-Armançon): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Champlost): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.1

Days at or below 0 °C 63.9

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DIXMONT weather station, 12.7 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at COULOURS, 13.4 km away at 228 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 73 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 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARCES, 4.3 km away at 266 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89055
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-Albin-de-Vaulserre	38	324 km SE	420	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Cuves	50	358 km W	496	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Urbès	68	250 km E	427	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Manerbe	14	282 km NW	544	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Moriville	88	212 km E	443	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Migré	17	384 km SW	347	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moriville	88	212 km E	443	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Urbès	68	250 km E	427	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Manerbe	14	282 km NW	544	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre	38	324 km SE	420	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Cuves	50	358 km W	496	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Migré	17	384 km SW	347	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · 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 Bellechaume'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
Tuzaguet	65	605 km SW	440	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Georges-du-Rosay	72	231 km W	452	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Touillon	21	75 km SE	461	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Laifour	08	223 km N	399	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne-sur-Vingeanne	21	149 km SE	311	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel	63	256 km S	450	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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