Saint-Valérien

Yonne · CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne · INSEE 89370

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

Partly served 49.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Valérien (INSEE 89370) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne. Population 1,823 (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/89370-saint-valerien

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 10,214 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.94
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU RUISSEAU DES DOUCEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA P'TITE TETE DE VEAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PAD LA MAISON DE L'HAMBOUGEOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BOURGOGNE). ^[4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN CHARLES BOULLE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU GATINAIS EN BOURGOGNE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALINA POPOVICI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU GATINAIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CAISS LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE ST VALERIEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON PRIVE D'AURORE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU RUISSEAU DES DOUCEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA P'TITE TETE DE VEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	IDERNAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	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	2	PAD LA MAISON DE L'HAMBOUGEOIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BOURGOGNE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN CHARLES BOULLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU GATINAIS EN BOURGOGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ALINA POPOVICI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU GATINAIS	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	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CAISS LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE ST VALERIEN · CREDIT AGRICOLE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE SALON PRIVE D'AURORE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 1,172 2023: 1,823 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,716 (2012) → 1,823 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,666 (1990) → 1,823 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 824, of which 5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Valérien): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Valérien): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Valérien): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Valérien): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Valérien): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 45.9

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SAVIGNY/CLAIRIS weather station, 10.3 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at SAVIGNY/CLAIRIS, 10.3 km away at 184 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VILLETHIERRY, 9.5 km away at 154 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 — 89370/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89370/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89370/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89370/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89370
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
Pierre-de-Bresse	71	217 km SE	1,967	64.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 72 %
Cercy-la-Tour	58	151 km S	1,653	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Aigre	16	345 km SW	1,594	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Château-Renard	45	30 km SW	2,112	61	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Châteaumeillant	18	192 km S	1,629	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Le Fousseret	31	567 km S	1,863	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Château-Renard	45	30 km SW	2,112	61	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cercy-la-Tour	58	151 km S	1,653	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Châteaumeillant	18	192 km S	1,629	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Pierre-de-Bresse	71	217 km SE	1,967	64.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 72 %
Aigre	16	345 km SW	1,594	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Le Fousseret	31	567 km S	1,863	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Valérien'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
Saint-Paterne-Racan	37	205 km W	1,715	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Satillieu	07	356 km S	1,534	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chevannes	89	56 km SE	2,137	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Baraqueville	12	437 km S	3,173	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Feyre	23	244 km S	2,566	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Oradour-sur-Glane	87	295 km SW	2,550	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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