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Gron

Yonne · CA du Grand Sénonais · INSEE 89195

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

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gron (INSEE 89195) is in Yonne (89), part of CA du Grand Sénonais. Population 1,288 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/89195-gron

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 12,763 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.9109.03
Housing mix0.9254.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE GRON). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE VILLADIER). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES COPAINS D'ABORD · O'KLM). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES DAMIETTES). [3]

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

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GRON RP). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ELISABETH CANZIANI). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (ORCH'IDEE COIF). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU FOURNIL DE GRONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE VILLADIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2LES COPAINS D'ABORD · O'KLMINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE LES DAMIETTESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1GRON RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE ELISABETH CANZIANIINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1ORCH'IDEE COIFINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 602 2023: 1,288 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,232 (2012) → 1,288 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 918 (1990) → 1,288 (2023): 40.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 617, of which 4.1 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.6 km NE (Sens)GP — 3.2 km N (Paron)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.6 km NEGP — 3.2 km N 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 (Gron): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gron): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Paron): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sens): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Gron): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SENS weather station, 2.1 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SENS, 2.1 km away at 70 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SENS, 2.1 km away at 70 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 — 89195/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89195/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89195/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89195/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89195
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89287
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89387
  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
Biesles52151 km E1,34237.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Vineuil36186 km SW1,24134.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain70248 km E1,37738.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Rougemont-le-Château90280 km E1,48745.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Ladon4557 km W1,39240.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Réguisheim68306 km E2,01141.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ladon4557 km W1,39240.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Biesles52151 km E1,34237.6Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Vineuil36186 km SW1,24134.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain70248 km E1,37738.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Rougemont-le-Château90280 km E1,48745.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Réguisheim68306 km E2,01141.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Gron'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
Vineuil36186 km SW1,24134.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ladon4557 km W1,39240.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-les-Deux-Jumeaux7790 km N1,29838.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nérondes18134 km S1,40352.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent79322 km SW2,05440.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Traînel1031 km NE1,09439.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %