Urzy

Nièvre · CC Les Bertranges · INSEE 58300

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

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Urzy (INSEE 58300) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Les Bertranges. Population 1,727 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/58300-urzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 10,572 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.5	10	4.97
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TARENTELLE · LA TABLE DES BORDES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE MALARDIER). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RACHID BENADADA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'URZY). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ISABELLE COIFFURE · ANGELIQUE COIFFURE · LA COUPE A CARREAU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	2	LA TARENTELLE · LA TABLE DES BORDES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE MALARDIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	RACHID BENADADA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'URZY	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	3	ISABELLE COIFFURE · ANGELIQUE COIFFURE · LA COUPE A CARREAU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,093 peak 1999: 1,847 2023: 1,727 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,827 (2012) → 1,727 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,733 (1990) → 1,727 (2023): -0.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 869, of which 3.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.5 km NBakery — 3.2 km NPharmacy — 3.2 km NFood shop — 3.5 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 (Guérigny): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guérigny): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Urzy): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guérigny): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Urzy): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.5

Days at or below 0 °C 68.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GUERIGNY weather station, 4 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 197 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NEVERS-MARZY, 9.5 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GUERIGNY, 4 km away at 205 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 — 58300/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58300/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58300/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58300/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58300
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-Urbain	29	575 km W	1,670	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Baguer-Pican	35	402 km NW	1,756	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Roaillan	33	393 km SW	1,810	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %
Cuvat	74	253 km SE	1,665	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Cauvigny	60	259 km N	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Valframbert	61	279 km NW	1,678	30	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuvat	74	253 km SE	1,665	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Cauvigny	60	259 km N	1,669	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Valframbert	61	279 km NW	1,678	30	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Roaillan	33	393 km SW	1,810	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %
Baguer-Pican	35	402 km NW	1,756	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Urbain	29	575 km W	1,670	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 30 % · 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 Urzy'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
Cuzieu	42	181 km SE	1,469	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Wolfgantzen	68	340 km E	1,190	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Buellas	01	175 km SE	1,899	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Certines	01	188 km SE	1,531	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	180 km SE	1,053	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montracol	01	175 km SE	1,018	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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