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Bouville

Eure-et-Loir · CC du Bonnevalais · INSEE 28057

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouville (INSEE 28057) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CC du Bonnevalais. Population 530 (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/28057-bouville

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,639 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.87108.73
Housing mix0.854.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE DELICE TROPICAL). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUVILLE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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]
Restaurant1LE DELICE TROPICALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUVILLEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 456 peak 2017: 588 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 565 (2012) → 530 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 386 (1990) → 530 (2023): 37.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 9.8 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.6 km S (Alluyes)Food shop — 7.6 km S (Bonneval)GP — 8.2 km S (Bonneval)Pharmacy — 8.6 km S (Bonneval)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SFood shop — 7.6 km SGP — 8.2 km SPharmacy — 8.6 km S 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 (Alluyes): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bonneval): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Bonneval): 8.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bonneval): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bouville): 0 km to the south (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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BLANDAINVILLE weather station, 9.5 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 151 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BLANDAINVILLE, 9.5 km away at 163 m, over 24 summers. [11]

An average of 652 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BONNEVAL, 6.8 km away at 134 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 — 28057/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28057/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28057/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28057/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28005
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28051
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28057
  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
Roumagne47413 km S53931.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Vaumas03263 km SE52828.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-de-Londres34526 km S52036Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Rustiques11567 km S53833.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Lavergne47415 km S55426.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
La Chapelle-Villars42400 km SE52833.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vaumas03263 km SE52828.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Villars42400 km SE52833.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Roumagne47413 km S53931.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Lavergne47415 km S55426.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Notre-Dame-de-Londres34526 km S52036Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Rustiques11567 km S53833.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Bouville'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Averton53119 km W55226.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Colombe-lès-Vesoul70367 km E49232.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-de-l'Isle2799 km N63028.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Frocourt60135 km N52828.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plainoiseau39357 km SE50229.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bretignolles79215 km SW59229.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %