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Chitry

Yonne · CA de l'Auxerrois · INSEE 89108

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

Few services 26.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chitry (INSEE 89108) is in Yonne (89), part of CA de l'Auxerrois. Population 346 (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/89108-chitry

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 18,035 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.55105.52
Housing mix0.8354.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Restaurant (LA SOURCE GOURMANDE). [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Restaurant1LA SOURCE GOURMANDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 297 peak 1982: 372 2023: 346 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 367 (2012) → 346 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 329 (1990) → 346 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 8.6 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 4.4 km SW (Saint-Bris-le-Vineux)Bakery — 4.5 km SW (Saint-Bris-le-Vineux)Pharmacy — 4.5 km SW (Saint-Bris-le-Vineux)Food shop — 6.6 km W (Augy)
In the commune Primary school GP — 4.4 km SWBakery — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km SWFood shop — 6.6 km W 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-Bris-le-Vineux): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Augy): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Bris-le-Vineux): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bris-le-Vineux): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Chitry): 0.1 km to the south-west (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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VINCELLES weather station, 8.6 km away at 111 m; the village itself is at 208 m. [11]

The village sits 97 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 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHABLIS_SAPC, 9.4 km away at 141 m, over 13 summers. [11]

That station sits 67 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 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST CYR LES COLONS, 4 km away at 280 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 — 89108/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89108/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89108/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89108/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89337
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89108
  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
Monnet-la-Ville39196 km SE33226.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Bénouville76297 km NW35326.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Argenton47467 km SW33128.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 %
Cox31490 km SW36431.5Few servicesno figures
Estréelles62335 km NW34231.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Fiefs62321 km N35427.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Monnet-la-Ville39196 km SE33226.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Bénouville76297 km NW35326.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Fiefs62321 km N35427.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Estréelles62335 km NW34231.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Argenton47467 km SW33128.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 %
Cox31490 km SW36431.5Few servicesno 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 Chitry'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
Coinches88253 km E34626.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villard-Sallet73314 km SE31030.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montholier39175 km SE36529.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ladignac-sur-Rondelles19315 km SW40425.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hettenschlag68281 km E35734.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Brognon21117 km E31731.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %