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Desmonts

Loiret · CC du Pithiverais-Gâtinais · INSEE 45124

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

No daily shops 11.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Desmonts (INSEE 45124) is in Loiret (45), part of CC du Pithiverais-Gâtinais. Population 169 (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/45124-desmonts

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 14,935 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 trend0.6105.97
Housing mix0.7653.78

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 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”.

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

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]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 105 peak 2007: 179 2023: 169 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 166 (2012) → 169 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 154 (1990) → 169 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 12.2 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.0 km SW (Puiseaux)GP — 3.0 km SW (Puiseaux)Bakery — 3.1 km SW (Puiseaux)Food shop — 3.1 km N (Fromont)Pharmacy — 3.2 km SW (Puiseaux)
Primary school — 3.0 km SWGP — 3.0 km SWBakery — 3.1 km SWFood shop — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Puiseaux): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fromont): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Puiseaux): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Puiseaux): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Puiseaux): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45124/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45124/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45124/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45124/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45258
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77198

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
Saint-Germier81506 km S16916.2No daily shopsno figures
Le Tronchet72180 km W17014.2No daily shopsno figures
Sorquainville76217 km NW1688No daily shopsno figures
Nan-sous-Thil21168 km SE16910.6No daily shopsno figures
Painblanc21200 km SE17110.4No daily shopsno figures
Lavignac87297 km S17113.7No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nan-sous-Thil21168 km SE16910.6No daily shopsno figures
Le Tronchet72180 km W17014.2No daily shopsno figures
Painblanc21200 km SE17110.4No daily shopsno figures
Sorquainville76217 km NW1688No daily shopsno figures
Lavignac87297 km S17113.7No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Germier81506 km S16916.2No daily shopsno figures

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