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Chasnay

Nièvre · CC Les Bertranges · INSEE 58061

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

No daily shops 14.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chasnay (INSEE 58061) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Les Bertranges. Population 128 (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/58061-chasnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 12,751 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 trend0.4104.01
Housing mix0.3551.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE TI' CHASNE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
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]
Restaurant1LE TI' CHASNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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]
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: 188 2023: 128 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 106 (2012) → 128 (2023): 20.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 128 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 32.6 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.2 km N (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)Food shop — 5.3 km NE (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)Primary school — 5.3 km NE (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)Pharmacy — 5.3 km NE (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)GP — 5.4 km NE (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis)
Bakery — 5.2 km NFood shop — 5.3 km NEPrimary school — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 5.3 km NEGP — 5.4 km NE 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): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CHATEAUNEUF VAL weather station, 5.5 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 214 m. [9]

The village sits 64 m below 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CHATEAUNEUF VAL, 5.5 km away at 278 m, over 17 summers. [9]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at CHASNAY, 1.8 km away at 213 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58061/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58061/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58061/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58061/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58064
  9. 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
Maillas40424 km SW12518.3No daily shopsno figures
Combiers16288 km SW12815.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-le-Roux07288 km SE12717.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Belmont-Sainte-Foi46351 km S13020.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Chastel43241 km S12210.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 34 %
Graix42236 km SE12815.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Graix42236 km SE12815.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Chastel43241 km S12210.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 34 %
Saint-Julien-le-Roux07288 km SE12717.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Combiers16288 km SW12815.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont-Sainte-Foi46351 km S13020.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Maillas40424 km SW12518.3No daily shopsno figures

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Bazeuge87194 km SW14215.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Perrigny-sur-Loire7193 km SE14115.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sazeret03102 km S14017.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-le-Mault87179 km SW14613.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Corsaint2183 km NE1299.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chazelet36156 km SW1247.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %