Varennes-lès-Narcy

Nièvre · CC Les Bertranges · INSEE 58302

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes-lès-Narcy (INSEE 58302) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Les Bertranges. Population 901 (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/58302-varennes-les-narcy

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 14,952 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.14
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE SAINT HELENE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	1	LE SAINT HELENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 751 peak 2017: 955 2023: 901 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 938 (2012) → 901 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 742 (1990) → 901 (2023): 21.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 497, of which 15.1 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km NFood shop — 4.4 km NWGP — 5.4 km SWPharmacy — 5.7 km SW 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 (Narcy): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bulcy): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Charité-sur-Loire): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Charité-sur-Loire): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Varennes-lès-Narcy): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.9

Days at or below 0 °C 52.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA CHARITE RES weather station, 6.1 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 182 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at POUILLY SUR LOI, 12.3 km away at 225 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA CHARITE GER, 3.4 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58302/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58302/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58302/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58302/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58302
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-Lormel	22	422 km W	882	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Polincove	62	411 km N	867	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Marcillac-Saint-Quentin	24	290 km SW	826	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Trémeur	22	418 km W	809	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Dol	35	391 km NW	1,101	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Chauvigné	35	362 km NW	810	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcillac-Saint-Quentin	24	290 km SW	826	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chauvigné	35	362 km NW	810	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Dol	35	391 km NW	1,101	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Polincove	62	411 km N	867	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Trémeur	22	418 km W	809	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lormel	22	422 km W	882	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · 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 Varennes-lès-Narcy'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
Poligny	77	115 km N	825	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Marillac-le-Franc	16	261 km SW	825	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Ormoy-la-Rivière	91	149 km NW	943	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Auvent	87	227 km SW	974	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Magny	89	74 km NE	870	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Griselles	45	98 km N	826	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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