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Les Bordes

Yonne · CA du Grand Sénonais · INSEE 89051

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

Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Bordes (INSEE 89051) is in Yonne (89), part of CA du Grand Sénonais. Population 551 (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/89051-les-bordes

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,482 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.29257.21
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.79107.93
Housing mix0.7453.68

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 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. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETIT BORDESIOT · LES GATEAUX D'EMILIE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE AUX SAVEURS DOREES). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES BORDES AP). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LE PETIT BORDESIOT · LES GATEAUX D'EMILIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1ROTISSERIE AUX SAVEURS DOREESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LES BORDES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 342 peak 2017: 551 2023: 551 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 542 (2012) → 551 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 426 (1990) → 551 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 13.2 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.3 km W (Villeneuve-sur-Yonne)GP — 6.6 km NW (Véron)Pharmacy — 6.6 km NW (Véron)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.3 km WGP — 6.6 km NWPharmacy — 6.6 km NW 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 (Les Bordes): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villeneuve-sur-Yonne): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Véron): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Véron): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Les Bordes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [11]

Measured at the DIXMONT weather station, 5.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 119 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SENS, 10.2 km away at 70 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at DIXMONT, 5.3 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89051/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89051/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89051/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89051/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89051
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89464
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89443
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chapelle-du-Bard38362 km SE54141.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Montigny-la-Resle8934 km SE57234.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay07344 km S49540Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel19329 km S48035.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Livry58149 km S64337.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Barret26409 km S65741Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montigny-la-Resle8934 km SE57234.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Livry58149 km S64337.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel19329 km S48035.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay07344 km S49540Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-du-Bard38362 km SE54141.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 74 %
Pont-de-Barret26409 km S65741Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Les Bordes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montigny-la-Resle8934 km SE57234.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Écouviez55220 km NE54337Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Port-Lesney39220 km SE53237.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Myennes5880 km SW53530Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Carisey8940 km SE37742.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Matton-et-Clémency08219 km NE42435.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %