Challement

Nièvre · CC Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny · INSEE 58050

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

No daily shops 2.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Challement (INSEE 58050) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny. Population 45 (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 2.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 4,093 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.18	10	1.82
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 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”.

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

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, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 86 peak 1975: 90 2023: 45 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 61 (2012) → 45 (2023): -26.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 66 (1990) → 45 (2023): -31.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 65, of which 52.3 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 5.3 km EFood shop — 5.8 km NPrimary school — 5.9 km NPharmacy — 5.9 km NBakery — 8.1 km SW 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 (Brinon-sur-Beuvron): 8.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tannay): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dirol): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tannay): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Tannay): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 55.4

Muggy days a summer 1

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 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CLAMECY weather station, 15.2 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CLAMECY, 15.2 km away at 215 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TANNAY, 6.7 km away at 235 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 — 58050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58286
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58098
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
Gurgy-le-Château	21	115 km NE	45	1.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Berbérust-Lias	65	553 km SW	44	4.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montjoi	11	488 km S	43	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Dernacueillette	11	494 km S	43	3.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Lafarre	07	259 km S	45	2.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Buzan	09	528 km SW	47	5.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gurgy-le-Château	21	115 km NE	45	1.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Lafarre	07	259 km S	45	2.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montjoi	11	488 km S	43	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Dernacueillette	11	494 km S	43	3.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Buzan	09	528 km SW	47	5.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Berbérust-Lias	65	553 km SW	44	4.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · 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 Challement'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
Champlin	58	13 km SW	45	4.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Senaux	81	403 km S	39	6.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lioux-les-Monges	23	175 km SW	51	9.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Trichey	89	80 km NE	42	3.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gland	89	74 km NE	36	4.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Champallement	58	12 km SW	56	8.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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