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Bouzonville-aux-Bois

Loiret · CC du Pithiverais · INSEE 45047

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

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouzonville-aux-Bois (INSEE 45047) is in Loiret (45), part of CC du Pithiverais. Population 428 (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/45047-bouzonville-aux-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,940 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.9108.99
Housing mix0.9354.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ DAVID). [4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE CLOS DES TOURTERELLES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1CHEZ DAVIDINSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Campsite1CAMPING LE CLOS DES TOURTERELLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 215 peak 2012: 435 2023: 428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 435 (2012) → 428 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 306 (1990) → 428 (2023): 39.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 3.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km S (Vrigny)Food shop — 2.9 km N (Ascoux)Pharmacy — 3.0 km N (Ascoux)Bakery — 3.1 km N (Ascoux)GP — 6.9 km N (Pithiviers-le-Vieil)
Primary school — 2.2 km SFood shop — 2.9 km NPharmacy — 3.0 km NBakery — 3.1 km NGP — 6.9 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 (Ascoux): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ascoux): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Pithiviers-le-Vieil): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ascoux): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vrigny): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PITHIVIERS-LE-V weather station, 7.3 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [11]

An average of 670 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PITHIVIERS-LE-V, 7.3 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45047/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45047/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45047/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45047/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45010
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45253
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45347
  11. 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
Tourmont39293 km SE43719.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Coulonges-Thouarsais79233 km SW44319.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Dallon02204 km N42419.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 100 %
Duvy60134 km N41218.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
Gerland21236 km SE44323.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Les Étangs57325 km E42125Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Duvy60134 km N41218.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
Dallon02204 km N42419.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 100 %
Coulonges-Thouarsais79233 km SW44319.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Gerland21236 km SE44323.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Tourmont39293 km SE43719.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Les Étangs57325 km E42125Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %

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