Huêtre

Loiret · CC de la Beauce Loirétaine · INSEE 45166

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Huêtre (INSEE 45166) is in Loiret (45), part of CC de la Beauce Loirétaine. Population 280 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,687 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE TEMPS D'UNE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DU BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE TEMPS D'UNE BEAUTE	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: 222 peak 2017: 283 2023: 280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 282 (2012) → 280 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 179 (1990) → 280 (2023): 56.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 0.9 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.5 km SWBakery — 4.5 km SEGP — 5.9 km EPharmacy — 5.9 km E 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 (Gidy): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Huêtre): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chevilly): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chevilly): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bricy): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ORLEANS weather station, 3.4 km away at 123 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ORLEANS, 3.4 km away at 123 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 642 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ORLEANS, 3.4 km away at 123 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 — 45166/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45166/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45166/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45166/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45166
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45055
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
Serches	02	191 km NE	273	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tarnès	33	376 km SW	298	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Faissault	08	266 km NE	255	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Westrehem	62	284 km N	246	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fauville	27	121 km N	313	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lalœuf	54	316 km E	306	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fauville	27	121 km N	313	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Serches	02	191 km NE	273	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Faissault	08	266 km NE	255	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Westrehem	62	284 km N	246	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lalœuf	54	316 km E	306	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Tarnès	33	376 km SW	298	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Huêtre'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
Serches	02	191 km NE	273	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plessis-de-Roye	60	189 km NE	245	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Leuvrigny	51	186 km NE	316	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-en-Drouais	28	88 km NW	226	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pierregot	80	225 km N	280	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Dierrey-Saint-Julien	10	154 km E	275	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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