Foissy-lès-Vézelay

Identity

Foissy-lès-Vézelay (INSEE 89170) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 115 (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/89170-foissy-les-vezelay

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 11,821 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

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

1 × Restaurant (GILLET JEAN-ARMAND). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 140 (2012) → 115 (2023): -17.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 115 (2023): -28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 31.6 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Père): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vézelay): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vézelay): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vézelay): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Père): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AVALLON weather station, 12.1 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 182 m. ^[10]

The village sits 63 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 12.1 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VEZELAY, 3.4 km away at 244 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 60,000 € — 706 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89170/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89170/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89170/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89170/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89364
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89446
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025