Gâcogne

Identity

Gâcogne (INSEE 58120) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny. Population 233 (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/58120-gacogne

Vitality score

Vitality score 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 16,841 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LES CLOS D'IRIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GACOGNE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (ANTENNE DE GÂCOGNE). ^[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, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 266 (2012) → 233 (2023): -12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 256 (1990) → 233 (2023): -9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 284, of which 45.1 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brassy): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brassy): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cervon): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montsauche-les-Settons): 11.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gâcogne): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LORMES_SAPC weather station, 4.3 km away at 485 m; the village itself is at 378 m. ^[12]

The village sits 107 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, 4.3 km away at 485 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 107 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 1,078 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LORMES_SAPC, 4.3 km away at 485 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 — 58120/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58120/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58120/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58120/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58037
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58047
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58180
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58120
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024