Sainpuits

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89331

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

Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainpuits (INSEE 89331) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 280 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/89331-sainpuits

Vitality score

Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,687 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.72
Housing mix	0.19	5	0.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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		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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINPUITS 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 574 2023: 280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 320 (2012) → 280 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 321 (1990) → 280 (2023): -12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 40.4 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 6.2 km SGP — 6.3 km S 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 (Lainsecq): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainpuits): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Entrains-sur-Nohain): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Entrains-sur-Nohain): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainpuits): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.5

Days at or below 0 °C 65.3

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST FARGEAU_SAPC weather station, 15.1 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 239 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MOLESMES_SAPC, 18.6 km away at 355 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 116 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAIN, 12.6 km away at 300 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 — 89331/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89331/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89331/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89331/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58109
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
Colméry	58	19 km S	268	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Charbonnat	71	104 km SE	216	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-en-Vercors	26	322 km SE	264	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Target	03	137 km S	244	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Augy-sur-Aubois	18	87 km S	278	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vicq	03	153 km S	291	16.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colméry	58	19 km S	268	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Augy-sur-Aubois	18	87 km S	278	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Charbonnat	71	104 km SE	216	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Target	03	137 km S	244	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vicq	03	153 km S	291	16.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-en-Vercors	26	322 km SE	264	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Sainpuits'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
Colméry	58	19 km S	268	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Charbonnat	71	104 km SE	216	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Viplaix	03	135 km SW	293	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Petite-Marche	03	156 km S	167	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Lurcy-le-Bourg	58	41 km S	275	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Beaubery	71	151 km SE	366	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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