Châtel-Censoir
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Châtel-Censoir (INSEE 89091) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 561 (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 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 17,411 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Housing mix | 0.46 | 5 | 2.28 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL DUCHON). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'ETAPE DES GOURMETS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAUER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHATEL CENSOIR AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMP MUNICIPAL PETIT PORT). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | SARL DUCHON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | L'ETAPE DES GOURMETS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE SAUER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CHATEL CENSOIR AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMP MUNICIPAL PETIT PORT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 651 (2012) → 561 (2023): -13.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 602 (1990) → 561 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 562, of which 27.2 % second homes and 23 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Châtel-Censoir): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Châtel-Censoir): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Coulanges-sur-Yonne): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Châtel-Censoir): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Châtel-Censoir): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MERRY-SUR-YONNE weather station, 4.6 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 137 m. [10]
The village sits 88 m below 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 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MOLESMES_SAPC, 15.6 km away at 355 m, over 14 summers. [10]
That station sits 218 m above 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 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MERRY-SUR-YONNE, 4.6 km away at 225 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89091/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89091/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89091/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89091/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89091
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89119
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrasse | 11 | 500 km S | 554 | 59.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 % |
| Graissessac | 34 | 430 km S | 554 | 47.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sarrancolin | 65 | 568 km SW | 546 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chanaz | 73 | 253 km SE | 551 | 54.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 % |
| La Chapelle-Montligeon | 61 | 246 km NW | 509 | 45 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Estaing | 12 | 339 km S | 502 | 57.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Montligeon | 61 | 246 km NW | 509 | 45 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chanaz | 73 | 253 km SE | 551 | 54.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 % |
| Estaing | 12 | 339 km S | 502 | 57.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Graissessac | 34 | 430 km S | 554 | 47.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lagrasse | 11 | 500 km S | 554 | 59.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 % |
| Sarrancolin | 65 | 568 km SW | 546 | 55.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Châtel-Censoir'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vézelay | 89 | 11 km SE | 476 | 65.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Saulge | 58 | 48 km S | 650 | 57 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Clémont | 18 | 100 km W | 687 | 48.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verteuil-sur-Charente | 16 | 311 km SW | 580 | 53.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léon | 03 | 126 km S | 530 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jaligny-sur-Besbre | 03 | 128 km S | 559 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
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