Cruzy-le-Châtel

Yonne · CC Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne · INSEE 89131

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

No daily shops 15.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cruzy-le-Châtel (INSEE 89131) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne. Population 222 (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 15.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 16,630 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.31	10	3.1
Housing mix	0.15	5	0.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CRUZY LE CHATEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	CRUZY LE CHATEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	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

1968: 423 2023: 222 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 279 (2012) → 222 (2023): -20.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 222 (2023): -19 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 42.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km SWBakery — 9.8 km WPharmacy — 9.8 km SWGP — 9.9 km S 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 (Tanlay): 9.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pimelles): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ancy-le-Franc): 9.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ancy-le-Franc): 9.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cruzy-le-Châtel): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 53.7

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CRUZY_SAPC weather station, 0.9 km away at 291 m; the village itself is at 266 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CRUZY_SAPC, 0.9 km away at 291 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 844 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CRUZY_SAPC, 0.9 km away at 291 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89407
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89299
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89131
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
Serdinya	66	607 km S	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Guipy	58	85 km SW	222	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
La Bastide-d'Engras	30	419 km S	205	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vimenet	12	397 km S	248	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Drugeac	15	330 km SW	321	14.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saurier	63	273 km S	245	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guipy	58	85 km SW	222	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saurier	63	273 km S	245	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Drugeac	15	330 km SW	321	14.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vimenet	12	397 km S	248	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
La Bastide-d'Engras	30	419 km S	205	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Serdinya	66	607 km S	236	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Cruzy-le-Châtel'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
Vandenesse	58	110 km S	287	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Glénat	15	364 km SW	178	7.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Isches	88	122 km E	176	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Benoist-sur-Vanne	10	58 km NW	228	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lasserre	09	583 km SW	252	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Fronsac	31	612 km SW	185	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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