Cussy-les-Forges

Yonne · CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan · INSEE 89134

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cussy-les-Forges (INSEE 89134) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 322 (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 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,980 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.07
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (RELAIS 6 · MADE IN SEB). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CUSSY LES FORGES RP). ^[3]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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		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	3	RELAIS 6 · MADE IN SEB	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	CUSSY LES FORGES RP	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	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 329 peak 2017: 338 2023: 322 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 337 (2012) → 322 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 291 (1990) → 322 (2023): 10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 12.2 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 6.9 km NEBakery — 7.8 km NEPharmacy — 7.8 km SE 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 (Toutry): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cussy-les-Forges): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guillon-Terre-Plaine): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rouvray): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cussy-les-Forges): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.5

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST ANDRE weather station, 3.1 km away at 300 m; the village itself is at 295 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST ANDRE, 3.1 km away at 300 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST ANDRE, 3.1 km away at 300 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 — 89134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21642
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21531
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
Mouchan	32	491 km SW	376	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Nitry	89	25 km NW	372	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Passenans	39	142 km SE	335	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Mornay-sur-Allier	18	105 km SW	413	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Tournemire	12	397 km S	413	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Les Sièges	89	88 km NW	439	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nitry	89	25 km NW	372	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Les Sièges	89	88 km NW	439	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Mornay-sur-Allier	18	105 km SW	413	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Passenans	39	142 km SE	335	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Tournemire	12	397 km S	413	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Mouchan	32	491 km SW	376	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Cussy-les-Forges'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
Tournemire	12	397 km S	413	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montalet-le-Bois	78	239 km NW	322	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ounans	39	135 km SE	326	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Morvilliers	10	110 km NE	273	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Maizières	70	149 km E	317	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Audes	03	158 km SW	402	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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