Bouesse

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36022

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouesse (INSEE 36022) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 381 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 18,018 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.42	10	4.16
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE RENAUT). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE RENAUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BOUESSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 465 2023: 381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 372 (2012) → 381 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 416 (1990) → 381 (2023): -8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 12.3 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.4 km EPharmacy — 8.3 km NWGP — 8.5 km N 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 (Bouesse): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Velles): 8.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Velles): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bouesse): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

Muggy days a summer 3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TENDU_SAPC weather station, 9.2 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TENDU_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 155 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAVIN, 8.3 km away at 233 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36022/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36022/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36022/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36022/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36231
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
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent	16	130 km SW	489	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Coux	17	215 km SW	444	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
La Chapelle-Faucher	24	157 km SW	395	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Feux	18	112 km NE	317	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ferme	33	249 km SW	328	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Joué-du-Bois	61	262 km NW	382	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Feux	18	112 km NE	317	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent	16	130 km SW	489	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Faucher	24	157 km SW	395	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Coux	17	215 km SW	444	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Ferme	33	249 km SW	328	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Joué-du-Bois	61	262 km NW	382	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 97 %

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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 Bouesse'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
Feux	18	112 km NE	317	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Baudres	36	50 km N	397	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Paulnay	36	49 km NW	348	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Berthenoux	36	29 km E	361	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Berneuil	16	193 km SW	325	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Franchesse	03	103 km E	449	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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