Blismes

Nièvre · CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs · INSEE 58034

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Blismes (INSEE 58034) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. Population 185 (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/58034-blismes

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 15,524 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.94
Housing mix	0.28	5	1.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LEBEAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BLISMES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (ANTENNE DE BLISMES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL LEBEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BLISMES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ANTENNE DE BLISMES	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 335 2023: 185 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 169 (2012) → 185 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 233 (1990) → 185 (2023): -20.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 188, of which 36.2 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km NEPharmacy — 11.5 km SEGP — 11.7 km SE 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 (Montigny-en-Morvan): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blismes): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Château-Chinon (Ville)): 11.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Château-Chinon (Ville)): 11.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Blismes): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.5

Days at or below 0 °C 67.4

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTIGNY EN MORVAN_SAPC weather station, 4.3 km away at 285 m; the village itself is at 392 m. ^[11]

The village sits 107 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHATEAU CHINON, 11 km away at 598 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 206 m above 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 1,103 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTIGNY EN MORVAN_SAPC, 4.3 km away at 285 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 — 58034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58177
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58062
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
Pinols	43	233 km S	181	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Barret-sur-Méouge	05	352 km SE	193	17.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Manlay	21	40 km E	199	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ambeyrac	12	326 km SW	184	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Castanet-le-Haut	34	391 km S	224	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Chappes	03	107 km SW	220	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Manlay	21	40 km E	199	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chappes	03	107 km SW	220	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Pinols	43	233 km S	181	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Ambeyrac	12	326 km SW	184	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Barret-sur-Méouge	05	352 km SE	193	17.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Castanet-le-Haut	34	391 km S	224	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Blismes'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
Manlay	21	40 km E	199	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Palisse	19	227 km SW	224	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Arches	15	233 km SW	192	13.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vitrac	15	283 km SW	268	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Olmet	63	158 km S	192	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cheissoux	87	220 km SW	231	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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