Malleret-Boussac

Identity

Malleret-Boussac (INSEE 23120) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Confluence. Population 175 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23120-malleret-boussac

Vitality score

Vitality score 4.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 15,200 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 243 (2012) → 175 (2023): -28 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 175 (2023): -34.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 28 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Clugnat): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boussac): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boussac): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Clugnat): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Clugnat): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BOUSSAC_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 319 m. ^[10]

The village sits 61 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 380 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 61 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUSSAC_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 380 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 68,480 € — 771 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23120/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23120/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23120/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23120/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23064
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23031
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025