Cry

Identity

Cry (INSEE 89132) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne. Population 157 (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/89132-cry

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,453 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.

Services

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTOPIE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 182 (2012) → 157 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 181 (1990) → 157 (2023): -13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 16.8 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Nuits): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cry): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ancy-le-Franc): 9.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ancy-le-Franc): 9.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ravières): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CRUZY_SAPC weather station, 16.2 km away at 291 m; the village itself is at 189 m. ^[12]

The village sits 102 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CRUZY_SAPC, 16.2 km away at 291 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 102 m above 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 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-LES-HAUTS, 7.5 km away at 243 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 — 89132/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89132/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89132/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89132/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89280
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89132
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89005
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89321
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024