Bû

Eure-et-Loir · CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux · INSEE 28064

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bû (INSEE 28064) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 2,077 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/28064-bu

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 9,351 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.96	10	9.64
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FBM METAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICE BU). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AVENTURES GOURMANDES · BU FAST EAT · Y.G.D. RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CHARLES DE GAULLE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (BUPHARM). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BÛ MAIRIE DE BÛ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAL ET TERRAIN DE RUGBY). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (STYLE COIF · ESTELLE COIFFURE · M BEAUTY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FBM METAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI SERVICE BU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	AVENTURES GOURMANDES · BU FAST EAT · Y.G.D. RESTAURATION	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CHARLES DE GAULLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	BUPHARM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BÛ MAIRIE DE BÛ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAL ET TERRAIN DE RUGBY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	STYLE COIF · ESTELLE COIFFURE · M BEAUTY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 778 2023: 2,077 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,870 (2012) → 2,077 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,419 (1990) → 2,077 (2023): 46.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 986, of which 5 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 4.1 km W 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 (Bû): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bû): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Abondant): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bû): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bû): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.9

Days at or below 0 °C 45.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BU_SAPC weather station, 0.5 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 133 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BU_SAPC, 0.5 km away at 132 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 645 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BU - MAN, 0.5 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28001
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
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle	24	416 km S	2,080	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	585 km S	2,008	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Victor-la-Coste	30	579 km SE	2,233	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Aron	53	161 km W	1,828	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat	03	324 km SE	1,774	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Pezens	11	619 km S	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aron	53	161 km W	1,828	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat	03	324 km SE	1,774	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle	24	416 km S	2,080	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Victor-la-Coste	30	579 km SE	2,233	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	585 km S	2,008	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 81 % · humidity 29 %
Pezens	11	619 km S	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Bû'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
Aron	53	161 km W	1,828	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Martigné-sur-Mayenne	53	172 km W	1,902	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ahuillé	53	195 km SW	1,852	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Thilouze	37	188 km S	1,815	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Préaux	76	80 km N	1,849	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jouy-le-Châtel	77	121 km E	1,630	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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