Châtel-Gérard
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 12.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Châtel-Gérard (INSEE 89092) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Serein. Population 199 (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 12.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 15,908 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.2 | 10 | 1.96 |
| Housing mix | 0.41 | 5 | 2.05 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER CHATELLOIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHATEL GERARD AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE PANIER CHATELLOIS | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | CHATEL GERARD AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 247 (2012) → 199 (2023): -19.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 286 (1990) → 199 (2023): -30.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 29.5 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (L'Isle-sur-Serein): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Châtel-Gérard): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (L'Isle-sur-Serein): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (L'Isle-sur-Serein): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Thizy): 7.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the NOYERS weather station, 9.7 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 315 m. [11]
The village sits 130 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at NOYERS, 9.7 km away at 185 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 130 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 915 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHATEL-GERARD, 0.4 km away at 315 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 — 89092/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89092/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89092/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89092/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89204
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89092
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 89412
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidaillac | 46 | 406 km SW | 181 | 17.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Varize | 28 | 199 km W | 184 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étivey | 89 | 6.3 km NE | 181 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Annay-sur-Serein | 89 | 15 km NW | 205 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigny | 39 | 167 km SE | 264 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette | 16 | 340 km SW | 235 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étivey | 89 | 6.3 km NE | 181 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Annay-sur-Serein | 89 | 15 km NW | 205 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigny | 39 | 167 km SE | 264 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Varize | 28 | 199 km W | 184 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette | 16 | 340 km SW | 235 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vidaillac | 46 | 406 km SW | 181 | 17.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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-Gérard'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étivey | 89 | 6.3 km NE | 181 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigny | 39 | 167 km SE | 264 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Savoyeux | 70 | 124 km E | 200 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aisey-sur-Seine | 21 | 39 km E | 160 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ray-sur-Saône | 70 | 130 km E | 209 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcilly-en-Bassigny | 52 | 111 km E | 220 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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