Les Vallées de la Vanne

Identity

Les Vallées de la Vanne (INSEE 89411) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de la Vanne et du Pays d'Othe. Population 1,021 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Chigy (89107), Vareilles (89429). ^[3]

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/89411-les-vallees-de-la-vanne

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 14,187 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL QUIRIE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (SARL BAR DU MOULIN). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (THEIL SUR VANNE AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,056 (2012) → 1,021 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 872 (1990) → 1,021 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 13.3 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Vallées de la Vanne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cerisiers): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Cerisiers): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Malay-le-Grand): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Les Vallées de la Vanne): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SENS weather station, 10.2 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at SENS, 10.2 km away at 70 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CERISIERS, 6 km away at 150 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

62 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 134,000 € — 1,316 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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 — 89411/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89411/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89411/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89411/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89411
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89066
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89239
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025