Dornecy

Nièvre · CC Haut Nivernais - Val d'Yonne · INSEE 58103

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

Partly served 49.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dornecy (INSEE 58103) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Haut Nivernais - Val d'Yonne. Population 451 (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/58103-dornecy

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,929 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.31	10	3.14
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (DEPOT DE PAIN LE PETIT FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PANIER TRADITIONNEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID TAUPENOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE DORNECY). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA MANSE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DEPOT DE PAIN LE PETIT FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU PANIER TRADITIONNEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	1	DAVID TAUPENOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	DORNECY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE DORNECY	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA MANSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 610 peak 1975: 616 2023: 451 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 518 (2012) → 451 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 451 (2023): -18.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 20.5 % second homes and 19.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.5 km S 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 (Dornecy): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dornecy): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dornecy): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tannay): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dornecy): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the CLAMECY weather station, 5.8 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CLAMECY, 5.8 km away at 215 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CLAMECY, 5.8 km away at 215 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 — 58103/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58103/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58103/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58103/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58286
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
Beaufort-sur-Gervanne	26	319 km SE	494	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes	66	523 km S	586	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Puy	32	464 km SW	587	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Revest-du-Bion	04	403 km SE	480	54.4	Partly served	no figures
Propières	69	153 km SE	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Igny-de-Vers	69	148 km SE	593	60.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Igny-de-Vers	69	148 km SE	593	60.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Propières	69	153 km SE	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Beaufort-sur-Gervanne	26	319 km SE	494	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Revest-du-Bion	04	403 km SE	480	54.4	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Puy	32	464 km SW	587	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes	66	523 km S	586	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Dornecy'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
Fours	58	69 km S	582	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelay	89	13 km E	476	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Marcolès	15	310 km S	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léon	03	115 km S	530	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	32 km SW	499	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Clémont	18	97 km W	687	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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