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Saint-Agnan-en-Morvan

Nièvre · CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs · INSEE 58226

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 3.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Agnan-en-Morvan (INSEE 58226) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. Population 143 (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/58226-saint-agnan-en-morvan

Vitality score

Vitality score 3.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 13,700 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.27102.69
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hotel. [3,4]

1 × Campsite. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel, 1 × Campsite.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 266 2023: 143 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 153 (2012) → 143 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 186 (1990) → 143 (2023): -23.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 62.8 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 6.9 km SW (Dun-les-Places)Bakery — 7.0 km SW (Dun-les-Places)Food shop — 9.1 km NE (La Roche-en-Brenil)GP — 10.8 km E (Saulieu)Pharmacy — 11.1 km SE (Saulieu)
Primary school — 6.9 km SWBakery — 7.0 km SWFood shop — 9.1 km NEGP — 10.8 km EPharmacy — 11.1 km SE 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 (Dun-les-Places): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Roche-en-Brenil): 9.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saulieu): 10.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saulieu): 11.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Dun-les-Places): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the DUN_SAPC weather station, 3.7 km away at 598 m; the village itself is at 541 m. [11]

The village sits 57 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 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LORMES_SAPC, 18.7 km away at 485 m, over 15 summers. [11]

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. [11]

An average of 1,306 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at DUN-LES-PLACES, 3.7 km away at 600 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 — 58226/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58226/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58226/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58226/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58106
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21525
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21584
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino2A694 km SE14411.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 %
Ornon38292 km SE14311.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Canavaggia2B672 km SE12311.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Mazan-l'Abbaye07288 km S1200.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagnas48340 km S1266.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Fayet-Ronaye63215 km S1162.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fayet-Ronaye63215 km S1162.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Mazan-l'Abbaye07288 km S1200.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Ornon38292 km SE14311.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagnas48340 km S1266.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Canavaggia2B672 km SE12311.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino2A694 km SE14411.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Saint-Agnan-en-Morvan'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Singles63230 km SW1713.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Croze23223 km SW1855No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Borce64612 km SW1128.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Auriat23247 km SW1224.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Saint-Jean27336 km NW16111.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Moraches5842 km W1288No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %