Saint-Germain-Chassenay

Nièvre · CC Sud Nivernais · INSEE 58241

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-Chassenay (INSEE 58241) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Sud Nivernais. Population 306 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58241-saint-germain-chassenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,889 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.2
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MULTI · LE P'TIT SAINT GERMAIN). ^[4]

1 × Library (ANTENNE DE SAINT GERMAIN CHASSENAY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	2	LE MULTI · LE P'TIT SAINT GERMAIN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	ANTENNE DE SAINT GERMAIN CHASSENAY	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 382 2023: 306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 345 (2012) → 306 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 373 (1990) → 306 (2023): -18 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 6.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 6.0 km WBakery — 6.7 km EFood shop — 6.7 km NEPrimary school — 6.8 km NEPharmacy — 7.4 km SW 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 (Cossaye): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Decize): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Neuville-lès-Decize): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dornes): 7.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Decize): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28

Days at or below 0 °C 63.5

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DECIZE weather station, 6.7 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 222 m. ^[12]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DECIZE, 6.7 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58241/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58241/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58241/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58241/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58104
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
Tréouergat	29	629 km W	323	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 23 %
Radonvilliers	10	195 km NE	320	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Retschwiller	67	413 km NE	274	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Jussy	89	106 km N	351	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %
Montravers	79	313 km W	365	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle	22	478 km W	372	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 55 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jussy	89	106 km N	351	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %
Radonvilliers	10	195 km NE	320	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 78 %
Montravers	79	313 km W	365	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %
Retschwiller	67	413 km NE	274	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Gué-de-l'Isle	22	478 km W	372	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 55 %
Tréouergat	29	629 km W	323	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 23 %

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Elsewhere

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