Bully

Loire · CC des Vals d'Aix et Isable · INSEE 42027

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

Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bully (INSEE 42027) is in Loire (42), part of CC des Vals d'Aix et Isable. Population 451 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42027-bully

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,929 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.15

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

2 × Restaurant (DAMIEN ISABELLE ELIET · SAS BATTARA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BULLY BATTARA RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	DAMIEN ISABELLE ELIET · SAS BATTARA	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 DU BOURG	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	BULLY BATTARA RP	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	AURELIE 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: 318 2023: 451 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 415 (2012) → 451 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 451 (2023): 67.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 18.5 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km SWBakery — 4.7 km NGP — 4.8 km NEPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Polgues): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cordelle): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villerest): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bully): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62.9

Muggy days a summer 10.9▸

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST GERMAIN LAVA weather station, 10.1 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 460 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST-ANDRE-APCHON, 12.1 km away at 380 m, over 10 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 715 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-SUR-LOIRE, 5.2 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42027/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42027/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42027/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42027/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42239
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42274
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42332
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42027
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
Villars	24	259 km W	470	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Courrensan	32	376 km SW	391	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	499 km NW	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Monléon-Magnoac	65	406 km SW	405	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Fons	46	213 km SW	403	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Lapeyrouse	63	94 km W	521	27.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 45 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lapeyrouse	63	94 km W	521	27.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 45 %
Fons	46	213 km SW	403	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Villars	24	259 km W	470	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Courrensan	32	376 km SW	391	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 %
Monléon-Magnoac	65	406 km SW	405	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	499 km NW	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · 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 Bully'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
Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts	42	26 km NW	340	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin	17	360 km W	214	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bois	17	361 km W	523	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Colombe-sur-Gand	42	22 km E	384	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vendranges	42	10 km E	390	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Belluire	17	357 km W	214	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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