Montsauche-les-Settons

Nièvre · CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs · INSEE 58180

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

Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montsauche-les-Settons (INSEE 58180) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. Population 480 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 96 % of the 17,890 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	0.54	25	13.45
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.17	10	1.72
Housing mix	0.08	5	0.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (BOULANGERIE GRAIN DE FOLIE). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHATEAU CHRISTOPHE · LMCL · LA GRANGE A LOUP · LE BON PETIT COCHON). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PRESQU'ILE · LE CHALET DE LA PLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DES GRANDS LACS DU MORVAN). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEROME KORAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GOBET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTSAUCHE LES SETTONS LA MÉDIATHÈQUE ÉCLATÉE DES GRANDS LACS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE NAUTIQUE DES SETTONS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (MONTSAUCHE LES SETTONS · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES GRILLONS DU MORVAN). ^[3,4]

5 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING PLAGE DU MIDI · CAMPING LA PLAGE DES SETTONS · ACTIVITAL DOMAINE DES SETTONS · LES MESANGES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE GRAIN DE FOLIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	CHATEAU CHRISTOPHE · LMCL · LA GRANGE A LOUP · LE BON PETIT COCHON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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 PRESQU'ILE · LE CHALET DE LA PLAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [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	1	COLLEGE DES GRANDS LACS DU MORVAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEROME KORAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GOBET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTSAUCHE LES SETTONS LA MÉDIATHÈQUE ÉCLATÉE DES GRANDS LACS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DU COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BASE NAUTIQUE DES SETTONS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	2	MONTSAUCHE LES SETTONS · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LES GRILLONS DU MORVAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	5	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING PLAGE DU MIDI · CAMPING LA PLAGE DES SETTONS · ACTIVITAL DOMAINE DES SETTONS · LES MESANGES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 855 2023: 480 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 535 (2012) → 480 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 714 (1990) → 480 (2023): -32.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 648, of which 46.1 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montsauche-les-Settons): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montsauche-les-Settons): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montsauche-les-Settons): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montsauche-les-Settons): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montsauche-les-Settons): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 59.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DUN_SAPC weather station, 10.9 km away at 598 m; the village itself is at 588 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LORMES_SAPC, 13.8 km away at 485 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 103 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 1,409 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MOUX-EN-MORVAN, 5.5 km away at 588 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/68021b5a-2aaa-3200-a356-187da3a19d50— “Marché hebdomadaire de Montsauche-les-Settons”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58180
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
Faux-la-Montagne	23	228 km SW	443	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 35 %
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac	12	304 km S	517	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Viverols	63	199 km S	442	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-d'Olt	12	316 km S	623	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Beynac-et-Cazenac	24	345 km SW	397	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Anglès	81	422 km S	515	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Viverols	63	199 km S	442	51.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Faux-la-Montagne	23	228 km SW	443	47.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 35 %
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac	12	304 km S	517	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-d'Olt	12	316 km S	623	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Beynac-et-Cazenac	24	345 km SW	397	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Anglès	81	422 km S	515	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Montsauche-les-Settons'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
Anglès	81	422 km S	515	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Croisille-sur-Briance	87	257 km SW	728	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Béat-Lez	31	545 km SW	385	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sornin-Leulac	87	237 km SW	564	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Arleuf	58	19 km S	637	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rougnat	23	174 km SW	471	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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