Saint-Fargeau

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89344

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

Served 60.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Fargeau (INSEE 89344) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 1,439 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/89344-saint-fargeau

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 94 % of the 11,955 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.93	20	18.68
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.3	10	2.99
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'HOPITALIER ALAIN · LES DELICES DE ST FARGEAU · FLECHAIS-PATISSERIE-CHOCOLATERIE-BISCUITERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BAUDEL). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES CH'TIS BOURDON · SARL LA DEMOISELLE · LE MONTECRISTO · CBJM · LE QG PIZZERIA - SANDWICHERIE). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (HOTEL RESTAURANT LA CALANQUE · LE BISTROT DU CHATEAU · CAFE DU COMMERCE · LE CAFE DU CENTRE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE PUISAYE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDRE BUTTNER, MÉDECIN · MICHEL SERIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (DION MARIE-JEANNE · COIFF' MIXT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LA METAIRIE GOURMANDE · LE RELAIS DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CALANQUE · FERME EQUESTRE LES GRILLES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'HOPITALIER ALAIN · LES DELICES DE ST FARGEAU · FLECHAIS-PATISSERIE-CHOCOLATERIE-BISCUITERIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BAUDEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	FLEUR DE VIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	U EXPRESS · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LES CH'TIS BOURDON · SARL LA DEMOISELLE · LE MONTECRISTO · CBJM · LE QG PIZZERIA - SANDWICHERIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	HOTEL RESTAURANT LA CALANQUE · LE BISTROT DU CHATEAU · CAFE DU COMMERCE · LE CAFE DU CENTRE	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MICHEL LEPELETIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DE PUISAYE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANDRE BUTTNER, MÉDECIN · MICHEL SERIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ST FARGEAU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · BNP PARIBAS · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL CHAMPAGNE-BOURGOG	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	DION MARIE-JEANNE · COIFF' MIXT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LA METAIRIE GOURMANDE · LE RELAIS DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA CALANQUE · FERME EQUESTRE LES GRILLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,881 peak 1975: 1,886 2023: 1,439 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,742 (2012) → 1,439 (2023): -17.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,801 (1990) → 1,439 (2023): -20.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,129, of which 15.6 % second homes and 18.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.5 km SWPharmacy — 9.9 km E 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 (Saint-Fargeau): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Fargeau): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Fargeau): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye): 9.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Fargeau): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST FARGEAU_SAPC weather station, 5 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[10]

The village sits 65 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SAINT PRIVE, 6.7 km away at 198 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST FARGEAU_SAPC, 5 km away at 258 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89344/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89344/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89344/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89344/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89344
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89368
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
Nolay	21	140 km SE	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Felletin	23	207 km S	1,577	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bellegarde	45	61 km NW	1,440	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Castillonnès	47	383 km SW	1,346	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 57 %
Évaux-les-Bains	23	169 km S	1,277	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Monestier-de-Clermont	38	361 km SE	1,478	62.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellegarde	45	61 km NW	1,440	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Nolay	21	140 km SE	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Évaux-les-Bains	23	169 km S	1,277	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Felletin	23	207 km S	1,577	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monestier-de-Clermont	38	361 km SE	1,478	62.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Castillonnès	47	383 km SW	1,346	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 57 %

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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 Saint-Fargeau'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
Nolay	21	140 km SE	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Felletin	23	207 km S	1,577	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Champeix	63	228 km S	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	36	151 km SW	1,623	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bracieux	41	115 km W	1,343	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vernoux-en-Vivarais	07	328 km S	1,982	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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