Devay

Nièvre · CC Sud Nivernais · INSEE 58096

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Devay (INSEE 58096) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Sud Nivernais. Population 460 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58096-devay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,957 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.51	10	5.11
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE CLOS ST VICTOR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'UNIQUE). ^[4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	LE CLOS ST VICTOR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'UNIQUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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: 420 peak 2012: 504 2023: 460 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 504 (2012) → 460 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 455 (1990) → 460 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 248, of which 3.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.3 km SWFood shop — 6.8 km NWGP — 7.1 km WPharmacy — 7.1 km W 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): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Decize): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Decize): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Decize): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Devay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28

Days at or below 0 °C 63.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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, 7.3 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ANLEZY, 17 km away at 220 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DECIZE, 7.3 km away at 192 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 — 58096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58096
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
Montpensier	63	90 km S	465	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Belmesnil	76	378 km NW	440	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-de-Touraine	37	256 km W	483	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Remomeix	88	306 km NE	428	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bellebrune	62	455 km N	427	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Villefrancœur	41	202 km NW	416	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montpensier	63	90 km S	465	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villefrancœur	41	202 km NW	416	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-de-Touraine	37	256 km W	483	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Remomeix	88	306 km NE	428	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Belmesnil	76	378 km NW	440	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Bellebrune	62	455 km N	427	39.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Devay'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
Condal	71	138 km E	462	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Marchampt	69	110 km SE	450	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genès-du-Retz	63	87 km S	471	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montsaunès	31	460 km SW	455	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bouchage	38	198 km SE	655	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Châtenois	39	157 km E	411	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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