Varennes

Yonne · CC Chablis Villages et Terroirs · INSEE 89430

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

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes (INSEE 89430) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Chablis Villages et Terroirs. Population 331 (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 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 18,007 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 302 2023: 331 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 296 (2012) → 331 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 331 (2023): 56.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 173, of which 5.2 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SWGP — 2.3 km SWPharmacy — 2.3 km SWBakery — 4.3 km S 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 (Maligny): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ligny-le-Châtel): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ligny-le-Châtel): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ligny-le-Châtel): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Varennes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18

Days at or below 0 °C 54.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIGNY-LE-CHATEL weather station, 5.5 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHABLIS_SAPC, 9.3 km away at 141 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LIGNY-LE-CHATEL, 5.5 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89430/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89430/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89430/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89430/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89242
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89430
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
Nagel-Séez-Mesnil	27	239 km NW	330	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Schalkendorf	67	298 km E	335	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Loconville	60	203 km NW	329	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Haye-du-Theil	27	260 km NW	331	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Montpitol	31	496 km S	335	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %
Charmont-en-Beauce	45	130 km W	336	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Charmont-en-Beauce	45	130 km W	336	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Loconville	60	203 km NW	329	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Nagel-Séez-Mesnil	27	239 km NW	330	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
La Haye-du-Theil	27	260 km NW	331	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Schalkendorf	67	298 km E	335	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montpitol	31	496 km S	335	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 99 %

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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 Varennes'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
Schalkendorf	67	298 km E	335	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly	10	69 km N	331	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Brunvillers-la-Motte	60	207 km NW	335	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pruzilly	71	196 km S	321	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Passy	89	42 km NW	324	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Madeleine-sur-Loing	77	87 km NW	347	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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