Vivant· Is the village alive?

Les Bottereaux

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27096

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Bottereaux (INSEE 27096) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 351 (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/27096-les-bottereaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 18,034 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 trend0.85108.5
Housing mix0.4652.31

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 281 2023: 351 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 347 (2012) → 351 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 260 (1990) → 351 (2023): 35 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 216, of which 26.9 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.7 km S (Rugles)Food shop — 5.1 km W (La Ferté-en-Ouche)GP — 6.5 km SE (Rugles)Pharmacy — 7.1 km NE (La Neuve-Lyre)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SFood shop — 5.1 km WGP — 6.5 km SEPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Rugles): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Rugles): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Neuve-Lyre): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Les Bottereaux): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

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. [12]

Measured at the LES BOTTEREAUX weather station, 1.6 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 215 m. [12]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LES BOTTEREAUX, 1.6 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27096/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27096/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27096/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27096/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27502
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61167
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27431
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27096
  12. 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
Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney2721 km NW34617.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Jaleyrac15422 km S35616.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Le Mesnil-Thomas2844 km SE33520.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Annay58224 km SE34319.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Germain-de-Coulamer5392 km SW32914.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 81 %
Juignac16391 km S38813.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney2721 km NW34617.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Le Mesnil-Thomas2844 km SE33520.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Germain-de-Coulamer5392 km SW32914.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 81 %
Annay58224 km SE34319.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Juignac16391 km S38813.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Jaleyrac15422 km S35616.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →