Saint-Julien-du-Sault

Yonne · CC du Jovinien · INSEE 89348

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

Partly served 49.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Julien-du-Sault (INSEE 89348) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Jovinien. Population 2,173 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/89348-saint-julien-du-sault

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 9,068 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ TOM). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (SINJU). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT DE LA GARE · PSL PIZZAS · MAXI KEBAB GRILL · KAPLAV · LA TABLE DU SANDICO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU SIECLE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE GERMOND-GUERIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEA BONNOTTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT JULIEN DU SAULT). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (SALLE ALAIN BASHUNG). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE SOCIOCULTUREL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STACY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE SAINT JULIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (YONNE KAYAK, AU PTI CREUX, LA BUVET). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ TOM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SINJU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	BAR RESTAURANT DE LA GARE · PSL PIZZAS · MAXI KEBAB GRILL · KAPLAV · LA TABLE DU SANDICO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU SIECLE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ISABELLE GERMOND-GUERIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LEA BONNOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT JULIEN DU SAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	SALLE ALAIN BASHUNG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	CENTRE SOCIOCULTUREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	STACY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE SAINT JULIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	YONNE KAYAK, AU PTI CREUX, LA BUVET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,856 peak 2012: 2,366 2023: 2,173 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,366 (2012) → 2,173 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,161 (1990) → 2,173 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,380, of which 9.3 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km NEBakery — 1.5 km NE 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-Julien-du-Sault): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Julien-du-Sault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Julien-du-Sault): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-du-Sault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Julien-du-Sault): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 53.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the JOIGNY weather station, 7.7 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at JOIGNY, 7.7 km away at 75 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

An average of 723 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at JOIGNY, 7.7 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89348/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89348/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89348/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89348/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89348
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
Valençay	36	162 km SW	2,228	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chablis	89	45 km SE	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Remoulins	30	465 km S	2,278	71.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Saulieu	21	109 km SE	2,216	66.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bourganeuf	23	259 km SW	2,364	64	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Beaujeu	69	230 km SE	2,082	62.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chablis	89	45 km SE	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saulieu	21	109 km SE	2,216	66.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Valençay	36	162 km SW	2,228	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Beaujeu	69	230 km SE	2,082	62.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Bourganeuf	23	259 km SW	2,364	64	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Remoulins	30	465 km S	2,278	71.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %

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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-Julien-du-Sault'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
Chablis	89	45 km SE	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bourbon-l'Archambault	03	162 km S	2,494	66.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bort-les-Orgues	19	299 km S	2,483	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mirebeau	86	272 km SW	2,143	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Seurre	21	180 km SE	2,352	66	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Laroque-d'Olmes	09	574 km S	2,454	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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