Ruages
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 4.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ruages (INSEE 58224) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny. Population 84 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 4.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 2 % of the 8,936 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.29 | 10 | 2.92 |
| Housing mix | 0.14 | 5 | 0.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 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
Population 112 (2012) → 84 (2023): -25 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 106 (1990) → 84 (2023): -20.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 43 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Corbigny): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Corbigny): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Dirol): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Tannay): 8.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Corbigny): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LORMES_SAPC weather station, 14.6 km away at 485 m; the village itself is at 187 m. [11]
The village sits 298 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 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LORMES_SAPC, 14.6 km away at 485 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 298 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 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at TANNAY, 9.3 km away at 235 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 — 58224/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58224/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58224/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58224/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58083
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58098
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58286
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtin | 58 | 29 km SE | 84 | 1.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Antonin | 06 | 457 km SE | 85 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lugo-di-Nazza | 2B | 733 km SE | 85 | 4.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Peux-et-Couffouleux | 12 | 399 km S | 86 | 2.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Veix | 19 | 246 km SW | 80 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 45 % |
| Ronchères | 89 | 57 km NW | 86 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtin | 58 | 29 km SE | 84 | 1.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ronchères | 89 | 57 km NW | 86 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Veix | 19 | 246 km SW | 80 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 45 % |
| Peux-et-Couffouleux | 12 | 399 km S | 86 | 2.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Antonin | 06 | 457 km SE | 85 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lugo-di-Nazza | 2B | 733 km SE | 85 | 4.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Ruages'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuffontaines | 58 | 5.2 km NE | 87 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cheust | 65 | 554 km SW | 85 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Raphaël | 24 | 300 km SW | 94 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cladech | 24 | 343 km SW | 86 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pierlas | 06 | 449 km SE | 98 | 5.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carves | 24 | 346 km SW | 98 | 3.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
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