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Bois-Normand-près-Lyre

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27075

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bois-Normand-près-Lyre (INSEE 27075) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 369 (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/27075-bois-normand-pres-lyre

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 18,051 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.64106.35
Housing mix0.6753.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE INTERCOMMUNALE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (NATH' & VOUS). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1NATH' & VOUSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 317 peak 2012: 380 2023: 369 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 380 (2012) → 369 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 369 (2023): 13.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 16.6 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.8 km N (Bois-Anzeray)GP — 3.8 km E (La Neuve-Lyre)Food shop — 3.9 km E (La Neuve-Lyre)Pharmacy — 3.9 km E (La Neuve-Lyre)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NGP — 3.8 km EFood shop — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 3.9 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 (Bois-Anzeray): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Neuve-Lyre): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (La Neuve-Lyre): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (La Neuve-Lyre): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bois-Normand-près-Lyre): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LES BOTTEREAUX weather station, 2.5 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 197 m. [11]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LES BOTTEREAUX, 2.5 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27075/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27075/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27075/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27075/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27068
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27431
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27075
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Baudres36215 km S39714.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune2723 km NE35122.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Arue40544 km S35620.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 96 %
Lugny-lès-Charolles71382 km SE31120.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Moustier-Ventadour19404 km S40517No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Gor40544 km S30821.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 96 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Plessis-Sainte-Opportune2723 km NE35122.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Baudres36215 km S39714.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Lugny-lès-Charolles71382 km SE31120.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Moustier-Ventadour19404 km S40517No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Gor40544 km S30821.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 96 %
Arue40544 km S35620.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 96 %

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