Branches

Yonne · CA de l'Auxerrois · INSEE 89053

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Branches (INSEE 89053) is in Yonne (89), part of CA de l'Auxerrois. Population 434 (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 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,940 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.79	10	7.92
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	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

1968: 221 peak 2012: 483 2023: 434 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 483 (2012) → 434 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 434 (2023): 29.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 5.4 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km SWBakery — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km SWGP — 3.5 km E 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 (Fleury-la-Vallée): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fleury-la-Vallée): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Appoigny): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fleury-la-Vallée): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Branches): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUXERRE-PERRIGNY weather station, 8.4 km away at 152 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AUXERRE-PERRIGNY, 8.4 km away at 152 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

An average of 660 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AUXERRE-PERRIGNY, 8.4 km away at 152 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 — 89053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89053
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
Apremont	70	164 km E	437	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Le Transloy	62	246 km N	422	26.1	Few services	no figures
Fislis	68	295 km E	396	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Coux	17	412 km SW	480	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Cizay-la-Madeleine	49	286 km W	473	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vignemont	60	187 km N	417	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Apremont	70	164 km E	437	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Vignemont	60	187 km N	417	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Transloy	62	246 km N	422	26.1	Few services	no figures
Cizay-la-Madeleine	49	286 km W	473	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fislis	68	295 km E	396	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Coux	17	412 km SW	480	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Branches'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
Cizay-la-Madeleine	49	286 km W	473	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Crucheray	41	180 km W	427	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chalagnac	24	378 km SW	442	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Amuré	79	360 km SW	429	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bunzac	16	340 km SW	447	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sassierges-Saint-Germain	36	172 km SW	448	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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