Gimouille

Nièvre · CA de Nevers · INSEE 58126

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gimouille (INSEE 58126) is in Nièvre (58), part of CA de Nevers. Population 405 (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 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 18,030 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.3	10	3
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BMH). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	BMH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
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: 380 peak 1999: 512 2023: 405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 463 (2012) → 405 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 506 (1990) → 405 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 3.3 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km NGP — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km NFood shop — 5.2 km NE 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 (Marzy): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nevers): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marzy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marzy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gimouille): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.4

Days at or below 0 °C 65.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NEVERS-MARZY weather station, 6.6 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 182 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NEVERS-MARZY, 6.6 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NEVERS-MARZY, 6.6 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58126
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
Avrigny	60	274 km N	404	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pézarches	77	200 km N	410	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-l'Évêque	60	253 km N	416	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Mennessis	02	306 km N	419	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hautot-sur-Seine	76	311 km NW	399	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Lier	40	468 km SW	405	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pézarches	77	200 km N	410	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-l'Évêque	60	253 km N	416	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Avrigny	60	274 km N	404	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mennessis	02	306 km N	419	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hautot-sur-Seine	76	311 km NW	399	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Lier	40	468 km SW	405	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Gimouille'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
Mennessis	02	306 km N	419	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Noironte	25	215 km E	405	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Maixe	54	314 km NE	409	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rosnay	51	263 km N	423	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vitrimont	54	311 km NE	384	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Norroy-le-Sec	54	329 km NE	431	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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