Bessy-sur-Cure
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bessy-sur-Cure (INSEE 89040) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Chablis Villages et Terroirs. Population 184 (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 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 25 % of the 15,466 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.06 | 5 | 0.3 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 183 (2012) → 184 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 122 (1990) → 184 (2023): 50.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 198, of which 47 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vermenton): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Arcy-sur-Cure): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Vermenton): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Vermenton): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Arcy-sur-Cure): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the MERRY-SUR-YONNE weather station, 12.3 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 119 m. [10]
The village sits 106 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at AVALLON, 18.3 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. [10]
That station sits 126 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 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST MORE, 5.4 km away at 130 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 — 89040/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89040/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89040/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89040/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89441
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89015
- 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-Julien-du-Verdon | 04 | 466 km SE | 179 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Milhas | 31 | 564 km SW | 191 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 % |
| Capoulet-et-Junac | 09 | 563 km S | 191 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Madranges | 19 | 282 km SW | 166 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Barésia-sur-l'Ain | 39 | 191 km SE | 163 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Piedigriggio | 2B | 716 km SE | 164 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barésia-sur-l'Ain | 39 | 191 km SE | 163 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Madranges | 19 | 282 km SW | 166 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Julien-du-Verdon | 04 | 466 km SE | 179 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Capoulet-et-Junac | 09 | 563 km S | 191 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Milhas | 31 | 564 km SW | 191 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 % |
| Piedigriggio | 2B | 716 km SE | 164 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Bessy-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balaguères | 09 | 561 km SW | 196 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Audressein | 09 | 564 km SW | 144 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lucy-sur-Yonne | 89 | 16 km SW | 126 | 4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bénac | 09 | 547 km S | 173 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontenay-près-Vézelay | 89 | 23 km S | 135 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lechâtelet | 21 | 123 km SE | 228 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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