Saint-Moré

Identity

Saint-Moré (INSEE 89362) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 176 (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/89362-saint-more

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 15,200 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GATEAUX ET GOURMANDISES). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (L'AUGUSTE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 180 (2012) → 176 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 170 (1990) → 176 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 158, of which 31.6 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Moré): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arcy-sur-Cure): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vermenton): 10.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vermenton): 10.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Arcy-sur-Cure): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AVALLON weather station, 12.7 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[11]

The village sits 116 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 12.7 km away at 245 m, over 11 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 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST MORE, 0.4 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 106,000 € — 1,302 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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 — 89362/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89362/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89362/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89362/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89362
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89015
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89441
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025