Saint-Vérain

Nièvre · CC de Puisaye-Forterre · INSEE 58270

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Vérain (INSEE 58270) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC de Puisaye-Forterre. Population 349 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58270-saint-verain

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 18,047 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.83
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Campsite (LES GALANTS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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 VERAIN EN PUISAYE 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	1	LES GALANTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 468 2023: 349 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 343 (2012) → 349 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 355 (1990) → 349 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 22.4 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SFood shop — 3.2 km SGP — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 5.4 km N 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 (Alligny-Cosne): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Alligny-Cosne): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Alligny-Cosne): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Vérain): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUHY weather station, 8 km away at 288 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COURS LES COSNE, 9.1 km away at 196 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 877 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST AMAND EN PUI, 5.7 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58270/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58270/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58270/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58270/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58270
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
Jouillat	23	161 km SW	387	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans	24	294 km SW	298	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Montigny	18	39 km SW	316	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	208 km W	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Brethon	03	105 km S	324	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 %
Ambernac	16	254 km SW	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montigny	18	39 km SW	316	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brethon	03	105 km S	324	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 %
Jouillat	23	161 km SW	387	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-d'Arcé	72	208 km W	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ambernac	16	254 km SW	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans	24	294 km SW	298	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %

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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-Vérain'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-Germain-d'Arcé	72	208 km W	337	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ambernac	16	254 km SW	381	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Marçais	18	102 km SW	308	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Thevet-Saint-Julien	36	120 km SW	396	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais	71	163 km SE	324	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Crux-la-Ville	58	50 km SE	399	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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