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Joux-la-Ville

Yonne · CC du Serein · INSEE 89208

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Joux-la-Ville (INSEE 89208) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Serein. Population 1,175 (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/89208-joux-la-ville

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 13,344 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
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.753.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (AUTOUR D'UN VERRE). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (JOUX LA VILLE RP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1ROMARIONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1AUTOUR D'UN VERREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1JOUX LA VILLE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 505 peak 2012: 1,231 2023: 1,175 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,231 (2012) → 1,175 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 473 (1990) → 1,175 (2023): 148.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 372, of which 14.8 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmGP — 10.2 km NW (Vermenton)Pharmacy — 10.7 km NW (Vermenton)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 10.2 km NWPharmacy — 10.7 km NW 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 (Joux-la-Ville): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Joux-la-Ville): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Vermenton): 10.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Vermenton): 10.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Joux-la-Ville): 0.2 km to the south (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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NOYERS_SAPC weather station, 9.4 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at NOYERS, 13.1 km away at 185 m, over 15 summers. [10]

An average of 858 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NITRY, 5.4 km away at 245 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89208/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89208/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89208/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89208/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89208
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89441
  10. 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
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux24392 km SW1,14830.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Brignac-la-Plaine19333 km SW97741.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande11502 km S1,10737.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Villiers-le-Morhier28203 km NW1,35132Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Gerde65584 km SW1,19630.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Saint-André-de-Lidon17418 km SW1,27229.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villiers-le-Morhier28203 km NW1,35132Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Brignac-la-Plaine19333 km SW97741.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Front-de-Pradoux24392 km SW1,14830.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-André-de-Lidon17418 km SW1,27229.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande11502 km S1,10737.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Gerde65584 km SW1,19630.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %

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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 Joux-la-Ville'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
Noizay37224 km W1,16831.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Tracy-sur-Loire5879 km SW97549.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet36212 km SW91733.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Alligny-Cosne5863 km W92644.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Places87302 km SW83936.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Clairvaux-d'Aveyron12372 km S1,15829Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %