Nolay

Nièvre · CC Amognes Coeur du Nivernais · INSEE 58196

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nolay (INSEE 58196) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Amognes Coeur du Nivernais. Population 353 (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/58196-nolay

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 18,024 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.41
Housing mix	0.5	5	2.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (ANTENNE DE NOLAY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	NOLAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ANTENNE DE NOLAY	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: 510 2023: 353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 366 (2012) → 353 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 353 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 24.8 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.9 km NGP — 5.9 km NFood shop — 6.1 km NPharmacy — 6.2 km N 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 (Prémery): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prémery): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Prémery): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Prémery): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Nolay): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 66.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PREMERY weather station, 6.5 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 278 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PREMERY, 6.5 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 908 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PREMERY, 6.5 km away at 260 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 — 58196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58196
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
La Berthenoux	36	109 km SW	361	18.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Theneuille	03	69 km SW	340	9.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Laurent	15	216 km S	234	15.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Dussac	24	258 km SW	427	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Montory	64	553 km SW	318	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	212 km W	381	24.7	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Theneuille	03	69 km SW	340	9.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Berthenoux	36	109 km SW	361	18.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Villedieu-le-Château	41	212 km W	381	24.7	Few services	no figures
La Chapelle-Laurent	15	216 km S	234	15.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 %
Dussac	24	258 km SW	427	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Montory	64	553 km SW	318	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 %

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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 Nolay'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
Theneuille	03	69 km SW	340	9.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fromental	87	182 km SW	524	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champsanglard	23	145 km SW	253	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lesparrou	09	479 km S	236	10.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Souternon	42	148 km S	293	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	71	131 km SE	378	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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