Poilly-sur-Tholon

Yonne · CC de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne · INSEE 89304

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poilly-sur-Tholon (INSEE 89304) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne. Population 666 (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/89304-poilly-sur-tholon

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 16,637 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	25	0
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.46
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (ROTISS PLATS PARTY · SIWA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'EKO). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CHEVEUX D'ANGEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	ROTISS PLATS PARTY · SIWA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'EKO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LES CHEVEUX D'ANGEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 526 peak 2012: 716 2023: 666 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 716 (2012) → 666 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 581 (1990) → 666 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 371, of which 10.5 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.1 km WBakery — 3.3 km WFood shop — 3.3 km WPharmacy — 3.3 km W 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 (Montholon): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montholon): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montholon): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montholon): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Poilly-sur-Tholon): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 68.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the AILLANT weather station, 3.1 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 136 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AUXERRE-PERRIGNY, 12.5 km away at 152 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AILLANT, 3.1 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89304/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89304/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89304/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89304/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89304
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
Tressignaux	22	479 km W	670	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Trévron	22	409 km W	682	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Louin	79	293 km SW	674	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Boussac-Bourg	23	189 km SW	686	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Méry-sur-Marne	77	123 km N	679	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Souzay-Champigny	49	265 km W	686	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Méry-sur-Marne	77	123 km N	679	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Boussac-Bourg	23	189 km SW	686	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Souzay-Champigny	49	265 km W	686	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Louin	79	293 km SW	674	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Trévron	22	409 km W	682	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Tressignaux	22	479 km W	670	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Poilly-sur-Tholon'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
Drachenbronn-Birlenbach	67	353 km E	581	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lobsann	67	351 km E	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sougy-sur-Loire	58	112 km S	594	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rovon	38	336 km SE	605	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pomport	24	412 km SW	735	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Venesmes	18	140 km SW	782	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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