Bou

Loiret · Orléans Métropole · INSEE 45043

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bou (INSEE 45043) is in Loiret (45), part of Orléans Métropole. Population 1,036 (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/45043-bou

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 14,098 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.97	10	9.7
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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) (L'ATELIER DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU PTIT BOU DE NANOU). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NINA COIFF'). ^[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, 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)	1	L'ATELIER DU PAIN	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU PTIT BOU DE NANOU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND	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	1	NINA COIFF'	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: 499 2023: 1,036 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 906 (2012) → 1,036 (2023): 14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 705 (1990) → 1,036 (2023): 47 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 478, of which 3.6 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 1.7 km NFood shop — 2.7 km SPharmacy — 2.7 km NW 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 (Bou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sandillon): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mardié): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chécy): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.2

Days at or below 0 °C 54.6

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FLEURY-LES-AUB. weather station, 11.4 km away at 119 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[12]

An average of 730 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHECY, 4.3 km away at 111 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45089
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
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes	24	361 km S	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle	62	341 km N	1,073	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 %
Zudausques	62	320 km N	1,084	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 58 %
Pigny	18	84 km S	966	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Berry-Bouy	18	87 km S	1,168	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Avrechy	60	177 km N	1,147	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pigny	18	84 km S	966	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Berry-Bouy	18	87 km S	1,168	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Avrechy	60	177 km N	1,147	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Zudausques	62	320 km N	1,084	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Omer-Capelle	62	341 km N	1,073	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes	24	361 km S	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %

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