Saint-Germain-des-Champs

Identity

Saint-Germain-des-Champs (INSEE 89347) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 342 (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/89347-saint-germain-des-champs

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 18,048 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.

Services

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DU PRE A L'ASSIETTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 381 (2012) → 342 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 434 (1990) → 342 (2023): -21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 30 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Quarré-les-Tombes): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-des-Champs): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avallon): 8.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Avallon): 8.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-André-en-Morvan): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AVALLON weather station, 9.5 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 359 m. ^[12]

The village sits 114 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 9.5 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 114 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST BRANCHER, 6.4 km away at 345 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 108,620 € — 1,265 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89347/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89347/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89347/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89347/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89318
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89347
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89025
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58229
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025