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La Celle-sur-Nièvre

Nièvre · CC Les Bertranges · INSEE 58045

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 12.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Celle-sur-Nièvre (INSEE 58045) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Les Bertranges. Population 152 (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/58045-la-celle-sur-nievre

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 14,217 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.38103.79
Housing mix0.1550.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 242 2023: 152 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 164 (2012) → 152 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 173 (1990) → 152 (2023): -12.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 178, of which 42.7 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.9 km S (Beaumont-la-Ferrière)GP — 8.4 km N (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)Pharmacy — 8.6 km N (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)Bakery — 8.7 km N (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)Food shop — 8.7 km N (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)
Primary school — 1.9 km SGP — 8.4 km NPharmacy — 8.6 km NBakery — 8.7 km NFood shop — 8.7 km N 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 (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 8.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Beaumont-la-Ferrière): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF VAL weather station, 9 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 243 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at CHATEAUNEUF VAL, 9 km away at 278 m, over 17 summers. [10]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHASNAY, 5 km away at 213 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58045/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58045/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58045/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58045/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58064
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58027
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Corbel73281 km SE16120.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Lusignac24306 km SW16215No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Trémouille15208 km S16710.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Conand01226 km SE13420.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Trémouille-Saint-Loup63197 km S14013.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Chambon-sur-Dolore63192 km S14110.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chambon-sur-Dolore63192 km S14110.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Trémouille-Saint-Loup63197 km S14013.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Trémouille15208 km S16710.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Conand01226 km SE13420.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Corbel73281 km SE16120.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Lusignac24306 km SW16215No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · 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 La Celle-sur-Nièvre'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Conand01226 km SE13420.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest23141 km SW1493No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Puy-Malsignat23151 km SW14012.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montmort7184 km SE18516.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Menou5818 km N17914.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mornay71118 km SE14615.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %