Sougères-en-Puisaye

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89400

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sougères-en-Puisaye (INSEE 89400) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 289 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,765 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.42	10	4.17
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PIC SAVOYARD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUGERES EN PUISAYE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE PIC SAVOYARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SOUGERES EN PUISAYE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 489 2023: 289 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 331 (2012) → 289 (2023): -12.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 315 (1990) → 289 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 33.3 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km WPharmacy — 6.2 km SFood shop — 7.0 km EGP — 11.6 km NW 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 (Lainsecq): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye): 11.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Étais-la-Sauvin): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sougères-en-Puisaye): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 37.9

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the MOLESMES_SAPC weather station, 11.6 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 223 m. ^[13]

The village sits 132 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MOLESMES_SAPC, 11.6 km away at 355 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 132 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LAIN, 6.4 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89400/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89400/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89400/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89400/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89368
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89400
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
Chalinargues	15	269 km S	304	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Lajoux	39	240 km SE	287	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Monestier-du-Percy	38	356 km SE	254	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières	83	484 km SE	284	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Arnéguy	64	612 km SW	237	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac	12	399 km S	348	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lajoux	39	240 km SE	287	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Chalinargues	15	269 km S	304	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Monestier-du-Percy	38	356 km SE	254	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac	12	399 km S	348	30	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières	83	484 km SE	284	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Arnéguy	64	612 km SW	237	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Sougères-en-Puisaye'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
Fougax-et-Barrineuf	09	532 km S	428	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Boigneville	91	112 km NW	369	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Tombe	77	94 km N	208	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rillé	37	232 km W	313	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cayrols	15	315 km S	297	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Réminiac	56	418 km W	438	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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