Varennes-Vauzelles

Nièvre · CA de Nevers · INSEE 58303

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 61.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes-Vauzelles (INSEE 58303) is in Nièvre (58), part of CA de Nevers. Population 9,146 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/58303-varennes-vauzelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 2,687 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	0.52	25	12.94
Social	0.88	20	17.66
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.36	10	3.63
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ET COMPAGNIE · LA BOULANGERIE DU BOULEVARD). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GFDDV · CHEZ STEVEN). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (LIDL · FLEURON · ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

18 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA ITALIA · LE DONATELLEO · MLDM · MUNZIG FLORIE · SAVEURS GOURMANDES). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DU MARCHE · CHEZ PIERROT · BAR LE VARENNES · LE CLEMENTIN). ^[4]

4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ROMAIN ROLLAND · ECOL MATE PAULINE KERGOMARD · ECOL MATE PAUL LANGEVIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT-JUST · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROMAIN ROLLAND · ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI WALLON). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS TÉA, MÉDECIN · CELINE BEROUD-BRIOUL, MÉDECIN · MICHEL DOUGNY, MÉDECIN · SAMY JAFFRÉ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CITE · PHARMACIE DU CROT CIZEAU). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (VARENNES VAUZELLES VENINGES AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Library (58 - BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA NIEVRE · MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VARENNES-VAUZELLES RÉSEAU DES MÉDIATHÈQUE DE NEVER AGGLOMÉRATION). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE AUGUSTE DELAUNE · COMPLEXE MAURICE BAQUET). ^[3]

3 × Bank (VARENNES VAUZELLES · NEVERS ENTREPRISES · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (ARA COIFFURE · MATERIAUTHEQUE58.). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

8 × Hotel (IBIS BUDGET NEVERS · CAMPANILE NEVERS NORD VARENNES-VAUZELLES · LA CROIX DE VERNUCHE · ASTREA · EUROPE HOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE ET COMPAGNIE · LA BOULANGERIE DU BOULEVARD	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	GFDDV · CHEZ STEVEN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	3	LIDL · FLEURON · ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	18	PIZZERIA ITALIA · LE DONATELLEO · MLDM · MUNZIG FLORIE · SAVEURS GOURMANDES	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	LE BISTROT DU MARCHE · CHEZ PIERROT · BAR LE VARENNES · LE CLEMENTIN	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	4	ECOLE MATERNELLE ROMAIN ROLLAND · ECOL MATE PAULINE KERGOMARD · ECOL MATE PAUL LANGEVIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT-JUST · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROMAIN ROLLAND · ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE HENRI WALLON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	FRANCOIS TÉA, MÉDECIN · CELINE BEROUD-BRIOUL, MÉDECIN · MICHEL DOUGNY, MÉDECIN · SAMY JAFFRÉ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE LA CITE · PHARMACIE DU CROT CIZEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	VARENNES VAUZELLES VENINGES AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	2	58 - BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA NIEVRE · MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VARENNES-VAUZELLES RÉSEAU DES MÉDIATHÈQUE DE NEVER AGGLOMÉRATION	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE AUGUSTE DELAUNE · COMPLEXE MAURICE BAQUET	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	VARENNES VAUZELLES · NEVERS ENTREPRISES · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	10	ARA COIFFURE · MATERIAUTHEQUE58.	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	8	IBIS BUDGET NEVERS · CAMPANILE NEVERS NORD VARENNES-VAUZELLES · LA CROIX DE VERNUCHE · ASTREA · EUROPE HOTEL	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [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: 8,025 peak 1990: 10,602 2023: 9,146 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,503 (2012) → 9,146 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 10,602 (1990) → 9,146 (2023): -13.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,796, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km SEGP — 0.8 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 (Varennes-Vauzelles): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varennes-Vauzelles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Varennes-Vauzelles): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Varennes-Vauzelles): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Varennes-Vauzelles): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.4

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VARENNES-VILLE weather station, 0.8 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NEVERS-MARZY, 2.9 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VARENNES-VILLE, 0.8 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58303
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
Le Passage	47	370 km SW	9,326	65	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Les Sorinières	44	354 km W	9,275	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Chartres-de-Bretagne	35	382 km W	8,880	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	299 km NW	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Douchy-les-Mines	59	366 km N	10,109	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Estève	66	479 km S	11,630	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	299 km NW	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Les Sorinières	44	354 km W	9,275	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Douchy-les-Mines	59	366 km N	10,109	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Le Passage	47	370 km SW	9,326	65	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Chartres-de-Bretagne	35	382 km W	8,880	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Estève	66	479 km S	11,630	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %

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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-Vauzelles'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
Molsheim	67	367 km NE	9,318	68.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Unieux	42	199 km SE	8,514	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Ricamarie	42	202 km SE	8,039	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gerzat	63	132 km S	10,335	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Erstein	67	372 km NE	10,790	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lure	70	263 km E	7,877	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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