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Empury

Nièvre · CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs · INSEE 58108

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Empury (INSEE 58108) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. Population 72 (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/58108-empury

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 7,639 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.33103.28
Housing mix0.1350.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'EMPURY BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU RÉSEAU DES PORTES DU MORVAN). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (PAULINE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'EMPURY BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU RÉSEAU DES PORTES DU MORVANINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1PAULINE COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 123 2023: 72 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 80 (2012) → 72 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 72 (2023): -17.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 78, of which 43.6 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 3.9 km SE (Saint-Martin-du-Puy)Primary school — 5.4 km NE (Saint-André-en-Morvan)GP — 6.5 km S (Lormes)Food shop — 6.6 km S (Lormes)Pharmacy — 14.0 km NW (Vézelay)
Bakery — 3.9 km SEPrimary school — 5.4 km NEGP — 6.5 km SFood shop — 6.6 km SPharmacy — 14.0 km NW 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 (Saint-Martin-du-Puy): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lormes): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Lormes): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Vézelay): 14 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-André-en-Morvan): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LORMES_SAPC weather station, 9.5 km away at 485 m; the village itself is at 349 m. [12]

The village sits 136 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at LORMES_SAPC, 9.5 km away at 485 m, over 15 summers. [12]

That station sits 136 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,099 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at EMPURY, 0 km away at 345 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58108/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58108/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58108/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58108/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58255
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58145
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89446
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58229
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Palogneux42179 km S6910.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Charraix43259 km S673.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Sigottier05353 km SE8210.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Josat43238 km S844.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Château-sur-Cher63168 km SW714.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Cannelle2A709 km SE7013.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Château-sur-Cher63168 km SW714.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Palogneux42179 km S6910.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Josat43238 km S844.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Charraix43259 km S673.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Sigottier05353 km SE8210.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Cannelle2A709 km SE7013.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 53 % · 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 Empury'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chalaux586.7 km E897.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villardebelle11494 km S668.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rieussec34445 km S8213.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Feilluns66521 km S5912No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lies65554 km SW738.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Ruages5812 km W844.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %