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Achun

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58001

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Achun (INSEE 58001) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 160 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58001-achun

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 14,595 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.42104.2
Housing mix0.1550.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU LAVOIR RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DU BAZOIS). [3]

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. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU LAVOIR RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DU BAZOISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 279 2023: 160 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 141 (2012) → 160 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 174 (1990) → 160 (2023): -8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 131, of which 42.7 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.2 km NW (Bazolles)Bakery — 7.5 km NE (Epiry)GP — 7.7 km S (Châtillon-en-Bazois)Food shop — 8.0 km S (Châtillon-en-Bazois)Pharmacy — 8.3 km S (Châtillon-en-Bazois)
Primary school — 5.2 km NWBakery — 7.5 km NEGP — 7.7 km SFood shop — 8.0 km SPharmacy — 8.3 km S 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 (Epiry): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Châtillon-en-Bazois): 8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Châtillon-en-Bazois): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Châtillon-en-Bazois): 8.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bazolles): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LA COLLANCELLE weather station, 6 km away at 282 m; the village itself is at 268 m. [11]

An average of 855 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LA COLLANCELLE, 6 km away at 282 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58001/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58001/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58001/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58001/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58110
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58065
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58024
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Novacelles63188 km S1557.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 12 %
Lavaldens38293 km SE16511.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 11 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Nogaret48299 km S1747.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Brasc12360 km S1708No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Les Vastres43242 km S1924No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Hilaire63139 km SW1445.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Hilaire63139 km SW1445.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Novacelles63188 km S1557.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 12 %
Les Vastres43242 km S1924No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 62 %
Lavaldens38293 km SE16511.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 11 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Nogaret48299 km S1747.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Brasc12360 km S1708No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %

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