Boussac-Bourg

Creuse · CC Creuse Confluence · INSEE 23032

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boussac-Bourg (INSEE 23032) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 686 (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/23032-boussac-bourg

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,452 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	0.26	10	2.63
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

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

1 × Restaurant (LE BARATIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE GRAINE D'ENTHOUSIASME). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE CHATEAU DE POINSOUZE · CAMPING NATURISTE CREUSE NATURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Collège.

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 BARATIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE GRAINE D'ENTHOUSIASME	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE CHATEAU DE POINSOUZE · CAMPING NATURISTE CREUSE NATURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 887 peak 1990: 899 2023: 686 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 772 (2012) → 686 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 899 (1990) → 686 (2023): -23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 9.9 % second homes and 18.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SWBakery — 1.8 km SWGP — 1.8 km SWPharmacy — 10.6 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 (Boussac): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boussac): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Boussac): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Clugnat): 10.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Boussac-Bourg): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.9

Days at or below 0 °C 71.9

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUSSAC_SAPC weather station, 1.9 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 426 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 380 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 1.9 km away at 380 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 — 23032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 23032
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
Trévron	22	394 km NW	682	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Méry-sur-Marne	77	299 km N	679	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Louin	79	189 km W	674	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Souzay-Champigny	49	196 km NW	686	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Poilly-sur-Tholon	89	189 km NE	666	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Tressignaux	22	465 km NW	670	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poilly-sur-Tholon	89	189 km NE	666	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Louin	79	189 km W	674	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Souzay-Champigny	49	196 km NW	686	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Méry-sur-Marne	77	299 km N	679	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Trévron	22	394 km NW	682	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Tressignaux	22	465 km NW	670	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Boussac-Bourg'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
Méry-sur-Marne	77	299 km N	679	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Firmin	71	179 km E	773	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Drachenbronn-Birlenbach	67	513 km NE	581	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Montaigu	02	373 km N	766	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Neuwiller	68	421 km E	525	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Saunière	23	34 km SW	663	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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