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Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58246

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

Partly served 58.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains (INSEE 58246) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 678 (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/58246-saint-honore-les-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,523 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.862017.29
Education0.63106.32
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.4103.99
Housing mix0.1350.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN DE BOIS). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAS TOUFFU). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DOM CAMILLO · LES SAVONS DE MARION). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR VASARELY). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CYRIL DUCROS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS LENOIR, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE SAINT HONORÉ LES BAINS). [3]

1 × Cinema (SELECT CINE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (CAROLINE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU PRE FLEURI). [3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING PLATEAU DU GUET · CAMPING ET GITES DES BAINS). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU PAIN DE BOISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1SAS TOUFFUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2DOM CAMILLO · LES SAVONS DE MARIONINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR VASARELYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2CYRIL DUCROS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-FRANCOIS LENOIR, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE LAROCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1POINT LECTURE DE SAINT HONORÉ LES BAINSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1SELECT CINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1CAROLINE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1AUBERGE DU PRE FLEURIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite2CAMPING PLATEAU DU GUET · CAMPING ET GITES DES BAINSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 977 2023: 678 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 836 (2012) → 678 (2023): -18.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 754 (1990) → 678 (2023): -10.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 832, of which 43.8 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Honoré-les-Bains): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the AVREE weather station, 10.6 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 281 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at AVREE, 10.6 km away at 302 m, over 15 summers. [10]

An average of 1,216 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ONLAY, 9.9 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58246/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/2ada24d0-fae9-36db-ba0a-c3fec355d6f5— “Marché hebdomadaire de Saint-Honoré-les-Bains”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58246/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58246/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58246/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58246
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Saulge5833 km NW65057Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thiézac15229 km SW59058.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Anost7127 km NE69566.9ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare34367 km S85960.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Ménerbes84358 km S96258.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Ouessant29691 km W86064ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Anost7127 km NE69566.9ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saulge5833 km NW65057Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thiézac15229 km SW59058.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Ménerbes84358 km S96258.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare34367 km S85960.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Ouessant29691 km W86064ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Honoré-les-Bains'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Saulge5833 km NW65057Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis5863 km NW49955.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montpezat-sous-Bauzon07246 km S77068.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelay8963 km N47665.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Santenay2165 km E82055.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villefort48274 km S61868.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %