Sémelay

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58276

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

Few services 22.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sémelay (INSEE 58276) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 223 (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/58276-semelay

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,607 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.2	10	2.03
Housing mix	0.3	5	1.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 × Restaurant (LE CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (ANTENNE DE SEMELAY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	LE CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CLOS DE LA BUSSIERE	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	SEMELAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ANTENNE DE SEMELAY	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	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 520 2023: 223 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 256 (2012) → 223 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 223 (2023): -29.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 35 % second homes and 21.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.0 km WPrimary school — 4.6 km SWGP — 5.8 km NBakery — 6.0 km NPharmacy — 6.2 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 (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rémilly): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rémilly): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.1

Days at or below 0 °C 49.9

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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, 5.4 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 290 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AVREE, 5.4 km away at 302 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AVREE, 5.4 km away at 302 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58276/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58276/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58276/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58276/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58221
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
Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux	15	229 km S	217	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Auriac	19	226 km SW	216	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 %
Montcombroux-les-Mines	03	57 km S	295	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boucieu-le-Roi	07	212 km S	243	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Carlucet	46	293 km SW	230	22.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrusse-le-Roc	12	294 km SW	197	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montcombroux-les-Mines	03	57 km S	295	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boucieu-le-Roi	07	212 km S	243	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Auriac	19	226 km SW	216	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux	15	229 km S	217	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Carlucet	46	293 km SW	230	22.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrusse-le-Roc	12	294 km SW	197	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sémelay'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
Montcombroux-les-Mines	03	57 km S	295	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tazilly	58	11 km SE	180	15.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-les-Hérolles	86	212 km W	230	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Nocle-Maulaix	58	11 km SW	267	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Léotoing	43	173 km S	226	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Gargilesse-Dampierre	36	176 km W	262	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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