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Batilly-en-Puisaye

Loiret · CC Berry Loire Puisaye · INSEE 45023

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Batilly-en-Puisaye (INSEE 45023) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Berry Loire Puisaye. Population 108 (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/45023-batilly-en-puisaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 11,270 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.64106.37
Housing mix0.4352.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (PRL FAMILY ECOLODGE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1PRL FAMILY ECOLODGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 164 2023: 108 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 112 (2012) → 108 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 95 (1990) → 108 (2023): 13.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 81, of which 28.4 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.0 km SW (Bonny-sur-Loire)Bakery — 6.6 km SW (Bonny-sur-Loire)Pharmacy — 6.6 km SW (Bonny-sur-Loire)Primary school — 6.7 km SW (Bonny-sur-Loire)GP — 6.7 km SW (Bonny-sur-Loire)
Food shop — 6.0 km SWBakery — 6.6 km SWPharmacy — 6.6 km SWPrimary school — 6.7 km SWGP — 6.7 km SW 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 (Bonny-sur-Loire): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bonny-sur-Loire): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bonny-sur-Loire): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bonny-sur-Loire): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bonny-sur-Loire): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the BONNY-SUR-LOIRE weather station, 5.5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 184 m. [9]

An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at BONNY-SUR-LOIRE, 5.5 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45023/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45023/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45023/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45023/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45040
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montgaudry61205 km NW1087.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Viviers8980 km E1066.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Carayac46349 km S10414.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Lubilhac43264 km S1054.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Cazalrenoux11496 km S10514.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %
Bois-de-Champ88300 km E10511No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Viviers8980 km E1066.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 %
Montgaudry61205 km NW1087.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Lubilhac43264 km S1054.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Bois-de-Champ88300 km E10511No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Carayac46349 km S10414.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 78 %
Cazalrenoux11496 km S10514.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %

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