Bouhy

Nièvre · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 58036

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouhy (INSEE 58036) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 410 (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/58036-bouhy

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 18,015 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.28
Housing mix	0.35	5	1.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE DE BOUHY). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (ANTENNE DE BOUHY). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE DE BOUHY	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]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BOUHY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ANTENNE DE BOUHY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 750 2023: 410 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 410 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 495 (1990) → 410 (2023): -17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 415, of which 32.5 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 7.3 km EGP — 7.3 km EPharmacy — 7.3 km E 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 (Entrains-sur-Nohain): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Entrains-sur-Nohain): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Entrains-sur-Nohain): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bouhy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 52.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOUHY weather station, 1.3 km away at 288 m; the village itself is at 349 m. ^[10]

The village sits 61 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COURS LES COSNE, 16.8 km away at 196 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 153 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUHY, 1.3 km away at 288 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58036
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-Sauvier	03	138 km SW	320	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Jullianges	43	247 km S	426	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 12 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	139 km SE	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bresson	70	254 km E	417	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon	07	337 km S	422	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %
Betz-le-Château	37	178 km W	499	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sauvier	03	138 km SW	320	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Martigny-le-Comte	71	139 km SE	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Betz-le-Château	37	178 km W	499	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Jullianges	43	247 km S	426	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 12 %
Saint-Bresson	70	254 km E	417	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon	07	337 km S	422	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Bouhy'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
Martigny-le-Comte	71	139 km SE	406	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Champagnat	23	176 km SW	461	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Arquian	58	14 km NW	540	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chalvignac	15	259 km S	450	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Goulles	19	284 km S	323	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Crux-la-Ville	58	45 km SE	399	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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