Piffonds

Yonne · CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne · INSEE 89298

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Piffonds (INSEE 89298) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne. Population 582 (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/89298-piffonds

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,267 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.95	10	9.48
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DE PIFFONDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE DORLISS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIFFONDS AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	LE PANIER DE PIFFONDS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE DORLISS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	PIFFONDS AP	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 514 peak 2017: 639 2023: 582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 607 (2012) → 582 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 582 (2023): 44.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 366, of which 18.9 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.7 km WGP — 6.8 km WPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Courtenay): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Piffonds): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Courtenay): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Égriselles-le-Bocage): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Piffonds): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 45.9

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 14 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 SAVIGNY/CLAIRIS weather station, 4.8 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY/CLAIRIS, 4.8 km away at 184 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAVIGNY/CLAIRIS, 4.8 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89298/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89298/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89298/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89298/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45115
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89298
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89151
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
Cabrières	34	498 km S	560	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Palladuc	63	242 km S	517	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Fonds-Saint-Denis	972	6,892 km W	640	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %
Pinsac	46	377 km S	769	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Nécy	61	256 km W	533	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bras-d'Asse	04	514 km SE	571	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Palladuc	63	242 km S	517	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Nécy	61	256 km W	533	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pinsac	46	377 km S	769	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Cabrières	34	498 km S	560	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Bras-d'Asse	04	514 km SE	571	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Fonds-Saint-Denis	972	6,892 km W	640	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 38 % · 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 Piffonds'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
Vallery	89	22 km N	575	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mauves-sur-Huisne	61	192 km W	533	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jussy-le-Chaudrier	18	104 km S	579	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Brion	36	162 km SW	582	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lavilletertre	60	155 km NW	631	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Haironville	55	160 km NE	566	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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