Billy

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Romorantinais et du Monestois · INSEE 41016

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Billy (INSEE 41016) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Romorantinais et du Monestois. Population 1,118 (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/41016-billy

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 13,662 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.91
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES DELICES DE KITOU · LA KAZ D'ELENA ROSE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ARGANZA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LES DELICES DE KITOU · LA KAZ D'ELENA ROSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	ARGANZA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 798 2023: 1,118 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 983 (2012) → 1,118 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 804 (1990) → 1,118 (2023): 39.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 575, of which 7.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.9 km SFood shop — 3.0 km SGP — 3.6 km SE 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 (Billy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Selles-sur-Cher): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Selles-sur-Cher): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Selles-sur-Cher): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 59.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SELLES-SUR-CHER weather station, 5.6 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ROMORANTIN, 11.3 km away at 83 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SELLES-SUR-CHER, 5.6 km away at 83 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 — 41016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41242
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
Fleury	50	270 km NW	1,101	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Loupiac	33	330 km SW	1,093	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Aupre	38	382 km SE	1,182	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Clarafond-Arcine	74	360 km E	1,068	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Jeanménil	88	401 km E	1,106	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnefamille	38	335 km SE	1,114	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fleury	50	270 km NW	1,101	33.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Loupiac	33	330 km SW	1,093	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 %
Bonnefamille	38	335 km SE	1,114	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Clarafond-Arcine	74	360 km E	1,068	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aupre	38	382 km SE	1,182	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Jeanménil	88	401 km E	1,106	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Billy'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
Clarafond-Arcine	74	360 km E	1,068	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Tour-en-Sologne	41	25 km N	1,140	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-sur-École	77	152 km NE	1,125	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes	71	220 km E	1,102	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Heudreville-sur-Eure	27	205 km N	1,065	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny	74	365 km E	1,041	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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