Chevenon

Nièvre · CC Loire et Allier · INSEE 58072

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chevenon (INSEE 58072) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Loire et Allier. Population 635 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 16,821 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.39	10	3.88
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DU CENTRE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHEVENON RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES LOIRE ET ALLIER). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DE CHEVENON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	2	BAR DU CENTRE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	CHEVENON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHEVENON RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES LOIRE ET ALLIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU DE CHEVENON	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 757 2023: 635 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 601 (2012) → 635 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 715 (1990) → 635 (2023): -11.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 1.6 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km EPharmacy — 2.9 km NEFood shop — 3.0 km EGP — 3.0 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 (Imphy): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Imphy): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Imphy): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Imphy): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.4

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VARENNES-VILLE weather station, 11.4 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 195 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at NEVERS-MARZY, 12.4 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 860 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUTHENAY UXELOU, 9.4 km away at 230 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 — 58072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58072
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
Coucy-lès-Eppes	02	295 km N	649	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pommevic	82	361 km SW	599	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	355 km SW	599	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Bayet	03	75 km S	672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fontiès-d'Aude	11	420 km S	560	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %
Brévonnes	10	183 km NE	673	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bayet	03	75 km S	672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brévonnes	10	183 km NE	673	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Coucy-lès-Eppes	02	295 km N	649	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	355 km SW	599	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Pommevic	82	361 km SW	599	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Fontiès-d'Aude	11	420 km S	560	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Chevenon'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
Bayet	03	75 km S	672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loup	03	64 km S	575	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Luthenay-Uxeloup	58	8.1 km S	606	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lésigny	86	187 km W	524	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Les Choux	45	106 km NW	530	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Brécy	18	51 km NW	927	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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