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Butteaux

Yonne · CC Serein et Armance · INSEE 89061

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 17.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Butteaux (INSEE 89061) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Serein et Armance. Population 264 (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/89061-butteaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,458 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.53105.27
Housing mix0.7353.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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 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: 216 peak 2012: 268 2023: 264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 268 (2012) → 264 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 257 (1990) → 264 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 13.4 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.7 km NW (Germigny)Food shop — 6.1 km SE (Flogny-la-Chapelle)GP — 6.1 km SE (Flogny-la-Chapelle)Pharmacy — 6.1 km SE (Flogny-la-Chapelle)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 6.1 km SEGP — 6.1 km SEPharmacy — 6.1 km SE 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 (Germigny): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Flogny-la-Chapelle): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Flogny-la-Chapelle): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Flogny-la-Chapelle): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LIGNY-LE-CHATEL weather station, 7.5 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 122 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHABLIS_SAPC, 17.6 km away at 141 m, over 13 summers. [11]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LIGNY-LE-CHATEL, 7.5 km away at 155 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 — 89061/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89061/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89061/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89061/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89186
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89169
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89061
  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
Aix-en-Issart62312 km NW26418.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lantenay01251 km SE26018.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mard-de-Vaux71145 km SE26418.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches-en-Dunois28167 km W26318.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wambercourt62302 km NW25922.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montolivet7798 km N25723.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montolivet7798 km N25723.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Mard-de-Vaux71145 km SE26418.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches-en-Dunois28167 km W26318.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lantenay01251 km SE26018.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Wambercourt62302 km NW25922.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aix-en-Issart62312 km NW26418.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Butteaux'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
Saint-Mard-de-Vaux71145 km SE26418.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches-en-Dunois28167 km W26318.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Augers-en-Brie7785 km NW26522.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Coutençon7781 km NW26020.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nubécourt55152 km NE25316.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-sur-Ouanne8946 km SW27222.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %