Saint-Saulge

Nièvre · CC Amognes Coeur du Nivernais · INSEE 58267

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

Partly served 57/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Saulge (INSEE 58267) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Amognes Coeur du Nivernais. Population 650 (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/58267-saint-saulge

Vitality score

Vitality score 57/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,766 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.27	10	2.66
Housing mix	0.34	5	1.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAINT SAULGE DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MYLA PIZZ'). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE BISTROQUET · ARTCAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES LEGENDES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN ARNOLET). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC VANHOUTTE, MÉDECIN · FRÉDÉRIC NICOT, MÉDECIN · SARAH SYS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DELBOVE MARCILLAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SAULGE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT SAULGE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (SAINT SAULGE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC.MUT.ST SAULGE). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SAINT SAULGE DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MYLA PIZZ'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE BISTROQUET · ARTCAFE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES LEGENDES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN ARNOLET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ERIC VANHOUTTE, MÉDECIN · FRÉDÉRIC NICOT, MÉDECIN · SARAH SYS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DELBOVE MARCILLAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT SAULGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT SAULGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	SAINT SAULGE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC.MUT.ST SAULGE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,157 2023: 650 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 785 (2012) → 650 (2023): -17.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 849 (1990) → 650 (2023): -23.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 568, of which 33.1 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.4 km NW 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-Saulge): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Saulge): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Saulge): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Saulge): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Saulge): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 48

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CRUX LA VILLE weather station, 3.3 km away at 283 m; the village itself is at 308 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PREMERY, 13.1 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CRUX LA VILLE, 3.3 km away at 283 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58267/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58267/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58267/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58267/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58267
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
Thiézac	15	241 km S	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrancolin	65	522 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Lagrasse	11	451 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Marsac	23	185 km SW	643	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	29 km NW	499	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc	07	273 km S	845	62.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis	58	29 km NW	499	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Marsac	23	185 km SW	643	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Thiézac	15	241 km S	590	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc	07	273 km S	845	62.3	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Lagrasse	11	451 km S	554	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Sarrancolin	65	522 km SW	546	55.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Saulge'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
Saint-Honoré-les-Bains	58	33 km SE	678	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelay	89	44 km NE	476	65.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blesle	43	200 km S	611	61.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Santenay	21	92 km E	820	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Verteuil-sur-Charente	16	280 km SW	580	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Châtel-Censoir	89	48 km N	561	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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