Garchy

Identity

Garchy (INSEE 58122) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Coeur de Loire. Population 424 (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/58122-garchy

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,961 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE GAUTHIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES SAVEURS DE BAYKHAM). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUX MARCHES DE GARCHY). ^[4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 430 (2012) → 424 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 388 (1990) → 424 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 24.9 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Garchy): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bulcy): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouilly-sur-Loire): 8.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Charité-sur-Loire): 10.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Garchy): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the POUILLY SUR LOI weather station, 9 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 174 m. ^[12]

The village sits 51 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 POUILLY SUR LOI, 9 km away at 225 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 51 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 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA CHARITE GER, 7.6 km away at 184 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 — 58122/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58122/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58122/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58122/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58122
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58042
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58215
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58059
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024