Pontigny

Yonne · CC Chablis Villages et Terroirs · INSEE 89307

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontigny (INSEE 89307) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Chablis Villages et Terroirs. Population 752 (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/89307-pontigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,031 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	0.52	10	5.2
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MERCIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER SYMPA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES 2 LIONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (CB STYL). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE MERCIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PANIER SYMPA	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	1	LES 2 LIONS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	PONTIGNY RP	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	1	CB STYL	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: 668 peak 2017: 752 2023: 752 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 729 (2012) → 752 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 737 (1990) → 752 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 3 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.8 km SE 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 (Pontigny): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontigny): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ligny-le-Châtel): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ligny-le-Châtel): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontigny): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18

Days at or below 0 °C 54.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LIGNY-LE-CHATEL weather station, 3.6 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHABLIS_SAPC, 11.4 km away at 141 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LIGNY-LE-CHATEL, 3.6 km away at 155 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 — 89307/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89307/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89307/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89307/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89307
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89227
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
Volmunster	57	300 km NE	777	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vernet	09	550 km S	682	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Allerey-sur-Saône	71	147 km SE	804	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Senan	89	26 km W	672	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Montmort-Lucy	51	113 km N	656	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	197 km SE	801	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Senan	89	26 km W	672	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Montmort-Lucy	51	113 km N	656	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Allerey-sur-Saône	71	147 km SE	804	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	197 km SE	801	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Volmunster	57	300 km NE	777	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vernet	09	550 km S	682	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Pontigny'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
Volmunster	57	300 km NE	777	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Blandy	77	100 km NW	763	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Merceuil	21	136 km SE	815	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ygrande	03	162 km S	762	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chalo-Saint-Mars	91	135 km NW	1,053	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Alteckendorf	67	303 km E	857	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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