Saint-Parize-le-Châtel
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Parize-le-Châtel (INSEE 58260) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Loire et Allier. Population 1,227 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 13,084 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE RAVEAU). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BY AZHA). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'ESCAPADE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PARIZE LE CHATEL AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT PARIZE LE CHÂTEL RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES LOIRE ET ALLIER). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (SANDRINE COIFFURE · LE BOUDOIR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | SARL BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE RAVEAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | BY AZHA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | L'ESCAPADE GOURMANDE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 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 PARIZE LE CHATEL AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT PARIZE LE CHÂTEL RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES LOIRE ET ALLIER | 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 | 2 | SANDRINE COIFFURE · LE BOUDOIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 1,291 (2012) → 1,227 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,201 (1990) → 1,227 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 681, of which 6 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Parize-le-Châtel): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Parize-le-Châtel): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Magny-Cours): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Parize-le-Châtel): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST PIERRE LE MOUTIER weather station, 7.7 km away at 218 m; the village itself is at 242 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST PIERRE LE MOUTIER, 7.7 km away at 218 m, over 13 summers. [11]
An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST PIERRE LE MOUTIER, 7.7 km away at 218 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
96 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 108,000 € — 904 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Nièvre is 893 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
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 — 58260/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58260/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58260/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58260/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58260
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58152
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58264
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse | 40 | 504 km SW | 1,241 | 36.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Noizay | 37 | 184 km W | 1,168 | 31.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vénéjan | 30 | 317 km S | 1,260 | 38.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
| Villeneuve-de-Marc | 38 | 214 km SE | 1,154 | 39.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 % |
| Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire | 42 | 117 km SE | 1,147 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 29 % |
| Montcresson | 45 | 120 km N | 1,262 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire | 42 | 117 km SE | 1,147 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 29 % |
| Montcresson | 45 | 120 km N | 1,262 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Noizay | 37 | 184 km W | 1,168 | 31.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villeneuve-de-Marc | 38 | 214 km SE | 1,154 | 39.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 % |
| Vénéjan | 30 | 317 km S | 1,260 | 38.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse | 40 | 504 km SW | 1,241 | 36.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
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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-Parize-le-Châtel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcresson | 45 | 120 km N | 1,262 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thiel-sur-Acolin | 03 | 48 km SE | 1,027 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villebois | 01 | 206 km SE | 1,206 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villandry | 37 | 209 km W | 1,143 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Menoux | 03 | 30 km S | 1,116 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Savigny-en-Revermont | 71 | 173 km E | 1,152 | 39.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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