Villiers-Saint-Benoît

Yonne · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 89472

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-Saint-Benoît (INSEE 89472) is in Yonne (89), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 427 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,967 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.49	10	4.93
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE P'TIT VILLEROIS). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (SAS LA CROIX BLANCHE). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLIERS SAINT BENOIT RP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE P'TIT VILLEROIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	SAS LA CROIX BLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VILLIERS SAINT BENOIT RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 612 2023: 427 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 512 (2012) → 427 (2023): -16.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 427 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 369, of which 25.7 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 8.3 km SEGP — 8.4 km SEPharmacy — 10.0 km W 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 (Toucy): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villiers-Saint-Benoît): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Toucy): 8.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Champignelles): 10 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villiers-Saint-Benoît): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 55.5

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GRANDCHAMP_SAPC weather station, 1.3 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GRANDCHAMP_SAPC, 1.3 km away at 180 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 773 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GRANDCHAMP_SAPC, 1.3 km away at 180 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 — 89472/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89472/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89472/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89472/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89419
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89472
INSEE BPE 2025 — 89073
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
Saint-Léons	12	397 km S	424	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Campsegret	24	376 km SW	407	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Barlieu	18	54 km SW	334	29	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Échourgnac	24	373 km SW	395	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Béthines	86	217 km SW	467	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Parthem	12	358 km S	399	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Barlieu	18	54 km SW	334	29	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Béthines	86	217 km SW	467	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Parthem	12	358 km S	399	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Échourgnac	24	373 km SW	395	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Campsegret	24	376 km SW	407	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Léons	12	397 km S	424	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · 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 Villiers-Saint-Benoît'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
Saint-Léons	12	397 km S	424	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Santranges	18	45 km SW	440	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Thury	89	23 km S	418	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Champs-Romain	24	311 km SW	291	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Nouic	87	259 km SW	423	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lurcy-le-Bourg	58	70 km S	275	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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