Limanton

Identity

Limanton (INSEE 58142) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 242 (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/58142-limanton

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,081 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

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

1 × Restaurant (LES DELICES DU TERROIR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PANNECOT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 237 (2012) → 242 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 242 (2023): -23.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 258, of which 34.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Moulins-Engilbert): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maux): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Moulins-Engilbert): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Moulins-Engilbert): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brinay): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHATEAU CHINON weather station, 17.5 km away at 598 m; the village itself is at 230 m. ^[11]

The village sits 368 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHATEAU CHINON, 17.5 km away at 598 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 368 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATILLON EN BA, 9.1 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58142/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58142/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58142/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58142/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58182
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58161
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58040
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024