Cossaye

Nièvre · CC Sud Nivernais · INSEE 58087

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cossaye (INSEE 58087) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Sud Nivernais. Population 652 (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 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,750 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.2	10	1.98
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE 777). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE COSSAYE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	2	LE 777	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	COSSAYE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE COSSAYE	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 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: 1,075 2023: 652 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 776 (2012) → 652 (2023): -16 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 934 (1990) → 652 (2023): -30.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 456, of which 13.2 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 5.3 km SGP — 5.7 km SFood shop — 8.3 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 (Cossaye): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Decize): 8.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lucenay-lès-Aix): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lucenay-lès-Aix): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cossaye): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28

Days at or below 0 °C 63.5

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DECIZE weather station, 8 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 220 m. ^[11]

An average of 848 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LUCENAY LES AIX, 6 km away at 218 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 — 58087/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58087/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58087/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58087/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58146
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
Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	29	578 km W	641	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 43 %
La Goutelle	63	115 km SW	609	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 76 %
Cressanges	03	42 km SW	644	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Fontanes	46	312 km SW	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 %
Ségrie	72	306 km NW	592	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Moncrabeau	47	388 km SW	745	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 65 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cressanges	03	42 km SW	644	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
La Goutelle	63	115 km SW	609	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 76 %
Ségrie	72	306 km NW	592	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 69 %
Fontanes	46	312 km SW	547	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 64 %
Moncrabeau	47	388 km SW	745	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 65 %
Le Cloître-Saint-Thégonnec	29	578 km W	641	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 43 %

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Elsewhere

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