Boucé

Allier · CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire · INSEE 03034

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boucé (INSEE 03034) is in Allier (03), part of CC Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. Population 507 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

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

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,761 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.45	10	4.53
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BEN&GINIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE L.AIME-J.JUTIER). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE BOUCÉ). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	BOULANGERIE BEN&GINIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE L.AIME-J.JUTIER	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	BOUCE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE DE BOUCÉ	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 650 2023: 507 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 535 (2012) → 507 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 532 (1990) → 507 (2023): -4.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 7.1 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.0 km NEGP — 6.7 km WFood shop — 7.0 km SPharmacy — 10.2 km NE 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 (Treteau): 6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gérand-le-Puy): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-sur-Allier): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Jaligny-sur-Besbre): 10.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Boucé): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.6

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BILLY weather station, 10.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 261 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at FERTE-HAUTERIVE, 14 km away at 226 m, over 17 summers. ^[13]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MONTOLDRE, 3.4 km away at 280 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03298
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03034
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
Champnétery	87	158 km W	512	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-Briance	87	170 km SW	531	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-de-Buthon	28	300 km NW	510	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Marignac	17	319 km W	412	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Felzins	46	218 km SW	464	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgon	53	401 km NW	616	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champnétery	87	158 km W	512	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-Briance	87	170 km SW	531	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Felzins	46	218 km SW	464	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-de-Buthon	28	300 km NW	510	28.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Marignac	17	319 km W	412	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Bourgon	53	401 km NW	616	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Boucé'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
Gabriac	12	215 km S	561	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Marcenat	03	12 km SW	386	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sanvensa	12	252 km SW	643	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lunac	12	256 km SW	435	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lacropte	24	251 km SW	699	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Castelnau-de-Mandailles	12	204 km S	565	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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