Villiers-les-Hauts

Identity

Villiers-les-Hauts (INSEE 89470) is in Yonne (89), part of CC Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne. Population 124 (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/89470-villiers-les-hauts

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 12,501 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 152 (2012) → 124 (2023): -18.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 171 (1990) → 124 (2023): -27.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 108, of which 17.6 % second homes and 21.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chassignelles): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ancy-le-Franc): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ancy-le-Franc): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ancy-le-Franc): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Nuits): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NOYERS weather station, 11.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 237 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NOYERS, 11.5 km away at 185 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 52 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-LES-HAUTS, 0.2 km away at 243 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 47,500 € — 419 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Yonne is 1,180 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 89470/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89470/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89470/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89470/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89087
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89005
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89280
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025