Villethierry

Identity

Villethierry (INSEE 89467) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne. Population 789 (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/89467-villethierry

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 15,716 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 829 (2012) → 789 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 598 (1990) → 789 (2023): 31.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 9.5 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brannay): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champigny): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Voulx): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Champigny): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villethierry): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SENS weather station, 19.2 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[12]

The village sits 84 m above 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at SENS, 19.2 km away at 70 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 84 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLETHIERRY, 0.1 km away at 154 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89467/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89467/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89467/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89467/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89054
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89074
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77531
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89467
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024