Boult-aux-Bois

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08075

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

Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boult-aux-Bois (INSEE 08075) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 157 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,453 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.8
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CUGNON DE SEVRICOURT SANDRINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	CUGNON DE SEVRICOURT SANDRINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	POINT-LECTURE MUNICIPAL	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 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: 158 2023: 157 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 143 (2012) → 157 (2023): 9.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 133 (1990) → 157 (2023): 18 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 14.4 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.9 km NFood shop — 5.9 km WGP — 8.0 km EBakery — 8.1 km EPharmacy — 8.2 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 (Buzancy): 8.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quatre-Champs): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Buzancy): 8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Buzancy): 8.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brieulles-sur-Bar): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.6

Days at or below 0 °C 49.4

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUZANCY_SAPC weather station, 8.8 km away at 199 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,007 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at HARRICOURT, 6.4 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08350
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08085
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
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes	70	243 km S	159	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Venisey	70	197 km SE	135	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Bouxurulles	88	159 km SE	176	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 53 %
Laàs	64	801 km SW	140	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 82 %
Massac	17	548 km SW	184	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 92 %
Poëzat	03	392 km S	152	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouxurulles	88	159 km SE	176	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 53 %
Venisey	70	197 km SE	135	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes	70	243 km S	159	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Poëzat	03	392 km S	152	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 100 %
Massac	17	548 km SW	184	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 92 %
Laàs	64	801 km SW	140	20.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 33 % · winter 82 %

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