Saint-Éloi
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Éloi (INSEE 58238) is in Nièvre (58), part of CA de Nevers. Population 2,296 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58238-saint-eloi
Vitality score
Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 8,745 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.72 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (G.B.N · FOURNIL ST ELOI). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CLUB 81). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHAEL SIMONNOT, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE ROCHE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ELOI AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT ELOI). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (NAT'TIF · IDEAL'COIFFURE · JS HAIRSTYLIST). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | G.B.N · FOURNIL ST ELOI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 2 | CLUB 81 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MICHAEL SIMONNOT, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE ROCHE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | SAINT ELOI AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT ELOI | 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 | 4 | NAT'TIF · IDEAL'COIFFURE · JS HAIRSTYLIST | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 2,146 (2012) → 2,296 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,805 (1990) → 2,296 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,034, of which 1.9 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Éloi): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nevers): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Éloi): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Nevers): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Éloi): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VARENNES-VILLE weather station, 6 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 193 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NEVERS-MARZY, 8.2 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VARENNES-VILLE, 6 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
115 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 120,000 € — 1,327 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Nièvre is 893 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58238/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58238/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58238/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58238/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58238
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58194
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamagnieu | 38 | 208 km SE | 1,822 | 36.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Landeronde | 85 | 366 km W | 2,303 | 49.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plouguin | 29 | 609 km W | 2,268 | 42 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dirinon | 29 | 582 km W | 2,188 | 34.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Casson | 44 | 364 km W | 2,605 | 45.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mées | 40 | 497 km SW | 2,036 | 51.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamagnieu | 38 | 208 km SE | 1,822 | 36.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Casson | 44 | 364 km W | 2,605 | 45.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Landeronde | 85 | 366 km W | 2,303 | 49.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mées | 40 | 497 km SW | 2,036 | 51.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Dirinon | 29 | 582 km W | 2,188 | 34.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plouguin | 29 | 609 km W | 2,268 | 42 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
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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-Éloi'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasseron | 01 | 182 km SE | 1,917 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Duppigheim | 67 | 369 km NE | 1,906 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moncourt-Fromonville | 77 | 152 km N | 1,891 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Velars-sur-Ouche | 21 | 133 km E | 1,798 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Krautergersheim | 67 | 365 km NE | 1,781 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Surbourg | 67 | 406 km NE | 1,733 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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