Fours

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58118

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

Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fours (INSEE 58118) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 582 (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 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,267 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	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.93
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.55

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 2 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) (SARL BOULANGERIE CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL BY CASINO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE BUVETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE TIR BOUCHON). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GEORGES PEREIRA, MÉDECIN · CHANRITH SOU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Bank (FOURS · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC.MUTUEL FOURS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL BOULANGERIE CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL BY CASINO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	ROTISSERIE BUVETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE TIR BOUCHON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	GEORGES PEREIRA, MÉDECIN · CHANRITH SOU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	FOURS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE FOURS	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	2	FOURS · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC.MUTUEL FOURS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 843 2023: 582 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 696 (2012) → 582 (2023): -16.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 734 (1990) → 582 (2023): -20.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 491, of which 14.5 % second homes and 20.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.0 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 (Fours): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fours): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fours): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cercy-la-Tour): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fours): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FOURS weather station, 0.1 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 227 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AVREE, 14.2 km away at 302 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 75 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FOURS, 0.1 km away at 232 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 — 58118/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58118/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58118/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58118/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58046
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
Saint-Puy	32	414 km SW	587	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes	66	458 km S	586	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Igny-de-Vers	69	85 km SE	593	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sancergues	18	72 km NW	620	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dornecy	58	69 km N	451	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léon	03	46 km S	530	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léon	03	46 km S	530	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Dornecy	58	69 km N	451	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sancergues	18	72 km NW	620	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Igny-de-Vers	69	85 km SE	593	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Puy	32	414 km SW	587	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 36 %
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes	66	458 km S	586	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Fours'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
Saint-Igny-de-Vers	69	85 km SE	593	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sancergues	18	72 km NW	620	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dornecy	58	69 km N	451	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marcolès	15	250 km SW	600	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chevagnes	03	26 km SW	630	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Clémont	18	135 km NW	687	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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