Fossé

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41091

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fossé (INSEE 41091) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 1,254 (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/41091-fosse

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 12,965 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.95	10	9.55
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	LA POSTE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 329 peak 2017: 1,308 2023: 1,254 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,290 (2012) → 1,254 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 862 (1990) → 1,254 (2023): 45.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 538, of which 0.9 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km SEPharmacy — 1.4 km SEBakery — 3.2 km EGP — 4.3 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 (Villebarou): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villebarou): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Blois): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villebarou): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fossé): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BLOIS weather station, 7.4 km away at 119 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 7.4 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 650 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS, 7.4 km away at 119 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 — 41091/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41091/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41091/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41091/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41091
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
Laboissière-en-Thelle	60	195 km N	1,326	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Aubiac	47	392 km S	1,174	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Merpins	16	251 km SW	1,085	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
La Réorthe	85	210 km SW	1,161	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Hartzviller	57	446 km E	934	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn	31	425 km S	1,254	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laboissière-en-Thelle	60	195 km N	1,326	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Réorthe	85	210 km SW	1,161	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Merpins	16	251 km SW	1,085	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Aubiac	47	392 km S	1,174	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn	31	425 km S	1,254	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 89 %
Hartzviller	57	446 km E	934	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · 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 Fossé'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
Ailly	27	170 km N	1,234	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villebret	03	183 km SE	1,335	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Orphin	78	112 km N	875	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Jourgnac	87	213 km S	1,109	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chançay	37	37 km SW	1,122	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Lizaigne	36	89 km SE	1,101	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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