Boué

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02103

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

Partly served 44.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boué (INSEE 02103) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 1,315 (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/02103-boue

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 12,603 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.46	10	4.61
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX GOURMANDISES D'ALEX). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BRAISE DE BOUE · SAS INES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DU PONT DE PIERRE · LE CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YOUCEF BETTA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CAMUT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SOIZIC COIFFURE · H.L. COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AUX GOURMANDISES D'ALEX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 BRAISE DE BOUE · SAS INES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DU PONT DE PIERRE · LE CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	YOUCEF BETTA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CAMUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SOIZIC COIFFURE · H.L. COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,224 peak 1975: 1,493 2023: 1,315 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,278 (2012) → 1,315 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,369 (1990) → 1,315 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 657, of which 0.9 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.5 km SWGP — 0.6 km SWFood shop — 1.5 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 (Boué): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Neuville-lès-Dorengt): 1.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boué): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Boué): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Boué): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 63

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ETREUX weather station, 4.6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 19.9 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ETREUX, 4.6 km away at 120 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 — 02103/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02103/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02103/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02103/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02548
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
Bréauté	76	240 km W	1,329	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Souplet	59	13 km W	1,191	39.6	Few services	no figures
Solgne	57	221 km SE	1,133	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chépy	80	147 km W	1,190	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Tronville-en-Barrois	55	184 km SE	1,302	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Poulainville	80	99 km W	1,335	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Souplet	59	13 km W	1,191	39.6	Few services	no figures
Poulainville	80	99 km W	1,335	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Chépy	80	147 km W	1,190	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Tronville-en-Barrois	55	184 km SE	1,302	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Solgne	57	221 km SE	1,133	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bréauté	76	240 km W	1,329	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 62 %

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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 Boué'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
Solgne	57	221 km SE	1,133	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tronville-en-Barrois	55	184 km SE	1,302	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vézelise	54	243 km SE	1,346	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Tillé	60	129 km SW	1,258	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montenay	53	385 km SW	1,291	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Warluis	60	132 km SW	1,218	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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