Vault-de-Lugny

Identity

Vault-de-Lugny (INSEE 89433) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 271 (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/89433-vault-de-lugny

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,546 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

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DE VAULT DE LUGNY). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 318 (2012) → 271 (2023): -14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 320 (1990) → 271 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 24.9 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Avallon): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avallon): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Avallon): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Avallon): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Avallon): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AVALLON weather station, 3.8 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[9]

The village sits 99 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 3.8 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 99 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 833 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AVALLON, 3.8 km away at 245 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

18 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 122,500 € — 1,314 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

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 — 89433/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89433/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89433/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89433/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89025
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025