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Bussières

Yonne · CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan · INSEE 89058

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bussières (INSEE 89058) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 112 (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/89058-bussieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 11/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 11,611 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.79107.87
Housing mix0.2951.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 129 peak 1975: 131 2023: 112 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 131 (2012) → 112 (2023): -14.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 112 (2023): 28.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 35.6 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.2 km NE (Sainte-Magnance)GP — 3.8 km E (Rouvray)Pharmacy — 3.8 km E (Rouvray)Food shop — 3.9 km E (Rouvray)Bakery — 4.0 km E (Rouvray)
Primary school — 3.2 km NEGP — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 3.8 km EFood shop — 3.9 km EBakery — 4.0 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 (Rouvray): 4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rouvray): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Rouvray): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Rouvray): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sainte-Magnance): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST ANDRE weather station, 7.1 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 372 m. [10]

The village sits 72 m above 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 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE, 7.1 km away at 300 m, over 20 summers. [10]

That station sits 72 m below 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 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST BRANCHER, 5.5 km away at 345 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89058/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89058/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89058/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89058/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21531
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89351
  10. 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
Nicey2153 km N1123.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villon8955 km N1127.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Laval-d'Aix26320 km S11211.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Château217.8 km NE1079.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lacarry-Arhan-Charritte-de-Haut64620 km SW1096No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %
La Maison-Dieu5831 km W1135.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vieux-Château217.8 km NE1079.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Maison-Dieu5831 km W1135.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nicey2153 km N1123.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villon8955 km N1127.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Laval-d'Aix26320 km S11211.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Lacarry-Arhan-Charritte-de-Haut64620 km SW1096No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Bussières'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
Nicey2153 km N1123.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villon8955 km N1127.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Château217.8 km NE1079.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Maison-Dieu5831 km W1135.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Moussy5852 km SW1078.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Preigney70134 km E1139No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %