Vandenesse

Nièvre · CC Bazois Loire Morvan · INSEE 58301

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

Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vandenesse (INSEE 58301) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Bazois Loire Morvan. Population 287 (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/58301-vandenesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 17,752 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.33	10	3.32
Housing mix	0.21	5	1.07

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (LM ENTREPRISE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (BARANTON MARIANNE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	3	LM ENTREPRISE	INSEE BPE 3 / 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 MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	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	VANDENESSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ANTENNE DE VANDENESSE	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	1	BARANTON MARIANNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 581 2023: 287 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 339 (2012) → 287 (2023): -15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 345 (1990) → 287 (2023): -16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 39.3 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.9 km EBakery — 6.0 km EFood shop — 6.0 km E 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 east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Honoré-les-Bains): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vandenesse): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FOURS weather station, 11.3 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 224 m. ^[10]

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

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

That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FOURS, 11.3 km away at 232 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 — 58301/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58301/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58301/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58301/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58301
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
La Faurie	05	303 km SE	287	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	193 km S	280	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Vimenet	12	287 km S	248	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	383 km S	302	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 %
Llauro	66	492 km S	311	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 %
Bélesta	66	475 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	193 km S	280	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Vimenet	12	287 km S	248	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
La Faurie	05	303 km SE	287	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	383 km S	302	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 32 % · humidity 71 %
Bélesta	66	475 km S	270	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 71 %
Llauro	66	492 km S	311	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Vandenesse'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
Molesme	21	122 km N	278	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cruzy-le-Châtel	89	110 km N	222	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Voisey	52	187 km NE	272	7.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jessains	10	166 km N	251	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-d'Aurance	07	230 km S	262	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Brion-sur-Ource	21	131 km NE	215	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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