Bléneau

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89046

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

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bléneau (INSEE 89046) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 1,153 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/89046-bleneau

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 13,460 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.23	10	2.27
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE MOUROUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER SYMPA). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (BI1). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC · Y.J). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE COMMERCE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YVETTE MAZAMBA-LEMBA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GAUDRIAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BLENEAU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MEDIATHEQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE BLENEAU · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CALIANNE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL BLANCHE DE CASTILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA PEPINIERE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE MOUROUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PANIER SYMPA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	BI1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC · Y.J	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE COMMERCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	YVETTE MAZAMBA-LEMBA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GAUDRIAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BLENEAU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MEDIATHEQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE DE BLENEAU · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CALIANNE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL BLANCHE DE CASTILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA PEPINIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,545 peak 1982: 1,686 2023: 1,153 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,420 (2012) → 1,153 (2023): -18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,585 (1990) → 1,153 (2023): -27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 949, of which 17.8 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Bléneau): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bléneau): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bléneau): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bléneau): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bléneau): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 53.7

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BLENEAU weather station, 0.9 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BLENEAU, 0.9 km away at 155 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BLENEAU, 0.9 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89046
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
Marciac	32	512 km SW	1,213	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %
Couches	71	154 km SE	1,213	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
L'Isle-Jourdain	86	237 km SW	1,126	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Lacapelle-Marival	46	340 km S	1,268	48	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Meyssac	19	310 km S	1,310	61.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Thenon	24	319 km SW	1,282	52.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Couches	71	154 km SE	1,213	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
L'Isle-Jourdain	86	237 km SW	1,126	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 50 %
Meyssac	19	310 km S	1,310	61.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Thenon	24	319 km SW	1,282	52.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Lacapelle-Marival	46	340 km S	1,268	48	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Marciac	32	512 km SW	1,213	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Bléneau'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
Savigné-sur-Lathan	37	199 km W	1,305	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Savigny-lès-Beaune	21	158 km SE	1,268	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Neuvy-sur-Loire	58	20 km S	1,445	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Corbigny	58	74 km SE	1,327	71.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Reignac-sur-Indre	37	161 km W	1,288	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Coudes	63	233 km S	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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