Millay

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58168

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

Partly served 42/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Millay (INSEE 58168) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 440 (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/58168-millay

Vitality score

Vitality score 42/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,945 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.29	10	2.9
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BONNE AUBERGE · OLD SCHOOL DINER RESTAURANT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MILLAY). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	LA BONNE AUBERGE · OLD SCHOOL DINER RESTAURANT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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)	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	1	MILLAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MILLAY	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	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 776 2023: 440 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 453 (2012) → 440 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 557 (1990) → 440 (2023): -21 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 19 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km NWFood shop — 5.5 km SWGP — 6.2 km SWPharmacy — 6.3 km SW 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 (Millay): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luzy): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Luzy): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Luzy): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Millay): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.2

Days at or below 0 °C 85.9

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAROCHEMILLAY weather station, 7.2 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AVREE, 7.8 km away at 302 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 56 m below 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 1,016 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUZY, 4.9 km away at 300 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 — 58168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58149
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
Concots	46	328 km SW	420	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Vesdun	18	125 km W	540	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	177 km S	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 %
Ségur	12	298 km S	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Madiran	65	485 km SW	424	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 50 %
Tiranges	43	171 km S	453	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vesdun	18	125 km W	540	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Tiranges	43	171 km S	453	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Champ	43	177 km S	565	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 %
Ségur	12	298 km S	534	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Concots	46	328 km SW	420	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Madiran	65	485 km SW	424	36.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 50 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Millay'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
Menat	63	118 km SW	547	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	145 km SW	368	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rimont	09	478 km SW	542	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Anglards-de-Saint-Flour	15	217 km S	412	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Manglieu	63	146 km S	467	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bourgvilain	71	71 km SE	344	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58168-millay