Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

Nièvre · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 58227

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

Partly served 47.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye (INSEE 58227) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 1,216 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58227-saint-amand-en-puisaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 13,110 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	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.39	10	3.93
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.2

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[4,3]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[4,3]

5 × Restaurant (CARREFOUR DE LA PUISAYE · LA MAGIE DES SENS · AU GRES DES ENVIES). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L'AGRICULTURE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ARSENE-FIE). ^[4]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOUISE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL SERIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE JARNY, MÉDECIN · AYMERIC DJENGUE, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT AMAND EN PUISAYE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT AMAND EN PUISAYE ATELIER 1). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ENSEMBLE SPORTIF). ^[4]

3 × Bank (SAINT AMAND EN PUISAYE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (EVOLU'TIF). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VIVAL	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	5	CARREFOUR DE LA PUISAYE · LA MAGIE DES SENS · AU GRES DES ENVIES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,3]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE L'AGRICULTURE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ARSENE-FIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	LOUISE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · MICHEL SERIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE JARNY, MÉDECIN · AYMERIC DJENGUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BAHOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT AMAND EN PUISAYE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT AMAND EN PUISAYE ATELIER 1	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	ENSEMBLE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	3	SAINT AMAND EN PUISAYE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Hairdresser	1	EVOLU'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,427 2023: 1,216 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,285 (2012) → 1,216 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,361 (1990) → 1,216 (2023): -10.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 919, of which 18 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 8.2 km S 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 (Alligny-Cosne): 8.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.6

Days at or below 0 °C 42

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUHY weather station, 9 km away at 288 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[11]

The village sits 102 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 COURS LES COSNE, 13.3 km away at 196 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST AMAND EN PUI, 0.7 km away at 210 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 — 58227/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/a9c50ae7-a74b-3ac1-bb65-3b957b742828— “Marché des producteurs locaux”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58227/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58227/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58227/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58227
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 Fouillade	12	375 km S	1,128	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Luçay-le-Mâle	36	131 km W	1,324	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bazoges-en-Pareds	85	317 km W	1,184	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux	77	80 km N	1,274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagnes-Bégonhès	12	376 km S	952	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles	87	187 km SW	1,208	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux	77	80 km N	1,274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Luçay-le-Mâle	36	131 km W	1,324	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles	87	187 km SW	1,208	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoges-en-Pareds	85	317 km W	1,184	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Fouillade	12	375 km S	1,128	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Cassagnes-Bégonhès	12	376 km S	952	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %

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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-Amand-en-Puisaye'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
Bazoges-en-Pareds	85	317 km W	1,184	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux	77	80 km N	1,274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Salignac-Eyvigues	24	314 km SW	1,184	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière	24	288 km SW	1,166	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Velles	36	143 km SW	975	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Charroux	86	255 km SW	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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