Le Bardon

Loiret · CC des Terres du Val de Loire · INSEE 45020

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

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bardon (INSEE 45020) is in Loiret (45), part of CC des Terres du Val de Loire. Population 984 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/45020-le-bardon

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 14,420 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.76	10	7.57
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

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 0 of 1

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU BARDON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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 [3,4]
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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU BARDON	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 538 peak 2012: 1,044 2023: 984 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,044 (2012) → 984 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 783 (1990) → 984 (2023): 25.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 4 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SEBakery — 3.6 km SEGP — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 3.9 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 (Meung-sur-Loire): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baule): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meung-sur-Loire): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Baule): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Bardon): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.9

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-ST-M weather station, 14.8 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ORLEANS, 19.1 km away at 123 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 673 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAULE, 4.3 km away at 100 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 — 45020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45203
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45020
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
Chozeau	38	361 km SE	987	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Bichancourt	02	225 km NE	979	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-Marchais	78	112 km N	950	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fresne-Camilly	14	223 km NW	951	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-Fresnoy	60	172 km NE	942	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Cornies	34	491 km SE	858	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saulx-Marchais	78	112 km N	950	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-Fresnoy	60	172 km NE	942	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Le Fresne-Camilly	14	223 km NW	951	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Bichancourt	02	225 km NE	979	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Chozeau	38	361 km SE	987	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Cornies	34	491 km SE	858	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Le Bardon'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-Vincent-de-Boisset	42	277 km SE	968	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Balgau	68	439 km E	947	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bretigny	21	263 km E	922	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pouange	10	183 km E	1,010	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	317 km SE	1,053	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montracol	01	321 km SE	1,018	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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