Vézelay

Yonne · CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan · INSEE 89446

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 65.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vézelay (INSEE 89446) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. Population 476 (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/89446-vezelay

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 17,882 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	0.58	25	14.41
Social	0.93	20	18.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.81	10	8.07
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.34
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LA COLLINE ETERNELLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COMPTOIR ACTIF · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LA COQUILLE · SARL DU CHEVAL BLANC · CFR · LE P'TIT V). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE VEZELIEN). ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTELLE GUYOT, MÉDECIN · HAMZA AOUAD, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE SETRE, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE CHARDON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE VEZELAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

5 × Hotel (HOTEL LE COMPOSTELLE · RELAIS DU MORVAN · SY BAR - CAFE HOTEL DE LA TERRASSE · HOTEL DE LA POSTE ET DU LION D'OR · HOTEL LES GLYCINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING ET AUBERGE DE JEUNESSE L'ERMITAGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LA COLLINE ETERNELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COMPTOIR ACTIF · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	7	LA COQUILLE · SARL DU CHEVAL BLANC · CFR · LE P'TIT V	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE VEZELIEN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CHRISTELLE GUYOT, MÉDECIN · HAMZA AOUAD, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE SETRE, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE CHARDON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE VEZELAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	5	HOTEL LE COMPOSTELLE · RELAIS DU MORVAN · SY BAR - CAFE HOTEL DE LA TERRASSE · HOTEL DE LA POSTE ET DU LION D'OR · HOTEL LES GLYCINES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING ET AUBERGE DE JEUNESSE L'ERMITAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 513 peak 1982: 582 2023: 476 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 434 (2012) → 476 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 571 (1990) → 476 (2023): -16.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 316, of which 30.7 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km SW 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 (Vézelay): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vézelay): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vézelay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vézelay): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vézelay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 58.4

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AVALLON weather station, 11.9 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at AVALLON, 11.9 km away at 245 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VEZELAY, 0.6 km away at 244 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89446/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89446/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89446/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89446/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89446
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
Estaing	12	334 km S	502	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	44 km SW	499	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrancolin	65	565 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Lagrasse	11	494 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Revest-du-Bion	04	401 km S	480	54.4	Partly served	no figures
Thiézac	15	285 km S	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	44 km SW	499	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thiézac	15	285 km S	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Estaing	12	334 km S	502	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Revest-du-Bion	04	401 km S	480	54.4	Partly served	no figures
Lagrasse	11	494 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Sarrancolin	65	565 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Vézelay'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
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	44 km SW	499	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saulge	58	44 km SW	650	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Châtel-Censoir	89	11 km NW	561	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Dornecy	58	13 km W	451	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sournia	66	537 km S	478	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Honoré-les-Bains	58	63 km S	678	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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