Saint-Benin-des-Bois

Nièvre · CC Amognes Coeur du Nivernais · INSEE 58233

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

Few services 27.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Benin-des-Bois (INSEE 58233) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Amognes Coeur du Nivernais. Population 195 (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 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,840 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.11
Housing mix	0.43	5	2.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR DES PIRATES). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST BENIN DES BOIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (TIFS'FANNY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BAR DES PIRATES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ST BENIN DES BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	TIFS'FANNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 276 2023: 195 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 177 (2012) → 195 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 161 (1990) → 195 (2023): 21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 28.3 % second homes and 18.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 7.0 km EGP — 7.8 km EPharmacy — 8.0 km EBakery — 8.1 km E 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 (Saint-Saulge): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Saulge): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Saulge): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Saulge): 8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Benin-des-Bois): 0.1 km to the north (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, 6.2 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 302 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PREMERY, 6.2 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, 6.2 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 — 58233/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58233/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58233/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58233/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58267
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58233
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
Le Monteil-au-Vicomte	23	174 km SW	215	23.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Silvain-Montaigut	23	167 km SW	194	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sauveur-Gouvernet	26	344 km SE	188	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Presly	18	85 km W	207	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Clamensane	04	373 km SE	183	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Tagnière	71	72 km SE	209	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Tagnière	71	72 km SE	209	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Presly	18	85 km W	207	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Silvain-Montaigut	23	167 km SW	194	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Le Monteil-au-Vicomte	23	174 km SW	215	23.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Gouvernet	26	344 km SE	188	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Clamensane	04	373 km SE	183	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Benin-des-Bois'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
Presly	18	85 km W	207	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Tagnière	71	72 km SE	209	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-la-Ferrière	58	16 km NW	119	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Marien	23	119 km SW	196	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Azat-le-Ris	87	200 km SW	241	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lenax	03	97 km S	257	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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