Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58245

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

No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine (INSEE 58245) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 179 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 15,296 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.41	10	4.13
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.06

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Café / bar (AU ST HILAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT HILAIRE FONTAINE AP). ^[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, 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	AU ST HILAIRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SAINT HILAIRE FONTAINE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 255 2023: 179 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 190 (2012) → 179 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 196 (1990) → 179 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 19.4 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.3 km NWFood shop — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 6.7 km SEGP — 8.7 km NEBakery — 9.1 km NE 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 (Fours): 9.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Gannay-sur-Loire): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Fours): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cronat): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Charrin): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the FOURS weather station, 9 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[13]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at FOURS, 9 km away at 232 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58245/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/5820b6eb-4469-3de8-854e-7c373d1abe23— “Marché de producteurs hebdomadaire du Domaine Neuf”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58245/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58245/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58245/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58060
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
Chassy	18	67 km NW	233	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois	72	303 km NW	179	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 64 %
Domeyrat	43	169 km S	176	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Nouziers	23	133 km W	245	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Chalus	63	148 km S	177	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
La Motte-Ternant	21	82 km NE	148	15.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chassy	18	67 km NW	233	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
La Motte-Ternant	21	82 km NE	148	15.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Nouziers	23	133 km W	245	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Chalus	63	148 km S	177	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 73 %
Domeyrat	43	169 km S	176	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois	72	303 km NW	179	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 64 %

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