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Chastellux-sur-Cure

Yonne · CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan · INSEE 89089

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

No daily shops 4.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chastellux-sur-Cure (INSEE 89089) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 129 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/89089-chastellux-sur-cure

Vitality score

Vitality score 4.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 12,827 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 trend0.31103.11
Housing mix0.0950.45

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 187 2023: 129 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 129 (2023): -12.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 159 (1990) → 129 (2023): -18.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 154, of which 45.5 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 2.4 km W (Saint-André-en-Morvan)Food shop — 5.5 km N (Saint-Germain-des-Champs)Bakery — 6.0 km S (Saint-Martin-du-Puy)Pharmacy — 11.3 km N (Avallon)GP — 11.6 km N (Avallon)
Primary school — 2.4 km WFood shop — 5.5 km NBakery — 6.0 km SPharmacy — 11.3 km NGP — 11.6 km N 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 (Saint-Martin-du-Puy): 6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-des-Champs): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Avallon): 11.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Avallon): 11.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-André-en-Morvan): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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. [12]

Measured at the AVALLON weather station, 12.2 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 346 m. [12]

The village sits 101 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 12.2 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. [12]

That station sits 101 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ST BRANCHER, 10 km away at 345 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89089/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89089/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89089/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89089/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58255
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89347
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89025
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58229
  12. 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 Bastide-Pradines12382 km S1228.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Tartonne04417 km SE1277.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Auriat23240 km SW1224.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bondons48334 km S1394.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Connangles43233 km S1315No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Gazost65572 km SW1325.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Connangles43233 km S1315No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Auriat23240 km SW1224.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bondons48334 km S1394.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Bastide-Pradines12382 km S1228.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Tartonne04417 km SE1277.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Gazost65572 km SW1325.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %

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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 Chastellux-sur-Cure'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
Châtillon39161 km SE1226.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Moraches5828 km SW1288No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montenoison5840 km SW1297.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Berlats81423 km S1197.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roche-le-Peyroux19247 km SW10710.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Darazac19282 km SW1546.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %