Les Hauts de Forterre

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89405

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

Few services 22.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Hauts de Forterre (INSEE 89405) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 462 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 2 former communes: Fontenailles (89174), Molesmes (89260). ^[3]

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 22.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,955 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	5.04
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DLICES D'OREL). ^[4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE FORTERRE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DLICES D'OREL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	LE RELAIS DE FORTERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 714 2023: 462 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 544 (2012) → 462 (2023): -15.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 460 (1990) → 462 (2023): 0.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 24.7 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.0 km EFood shop — 5.1 km NPrimary school — 5.2 km NGP — 7.1 km EPharmacy — 7.2 km E 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 (Les Hauts de Forterre): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ouanne): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Courson-les-Carrières): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Courson-les-Carrières): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ouanne): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MOLESMES_SAPC weather station, 4.5 km away at 355 m; the village itself is at 343 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MOLESMES_SAPC, 4.5 km away at 355 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

An average of 853 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAIN, 4.5 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89405/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89405/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89405/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89405/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89405
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89283
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89125
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
Courcy-aux-Loges	45	102 km NW	454	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche	07	353 km S	375	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Mantry	39	187 km SE	472	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Grand-Laviers	80	303 km N	465	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Masclat	46	346 km SW	357	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-André-d'Hébertot	14	298 km NW	451	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courcy-aux-Loges	45	102 km NW	454	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Mantry	39	187 km SE	472	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-André-d'Hébertot	14	298 km NW	451	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Laviers	80	303 km N	465	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Masclat	46	346 km SW	357	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche	07	353 km S	375	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Les Hauts de Forterre'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
Mantry	39	187 km SE	472	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Looze	89	42 km N	443	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Prasville	28	146 km NW	451	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saumeray	28	170 km NW	465	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mooslargue	68	287 km E	401	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixme-Hauterive	28	197 km NW	420	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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