Ousson-sur-Loire

Loiret · CC Berry Loire Puisaye · INSEE 45238

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ousson-sur-Loire (INSEE 45238) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Berry Loire Puisaye. Population 696 (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/45238-ousson-sur-loire

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 16,408 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	25	0
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.21
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (MOHAMMAD ALAM KHAN · CHEZ SYLVIE & MANU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA CAMARGUE · AU P'TIT FUTREAU). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (OUSSON SUR LOIRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL CLOS DU VIGNERON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	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	2	MOHAMMAD ALAM KHAN · CHEZ SYLVIE & MANU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA CAMARGUE · AU P'TIT FUTREAU	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GEORGE SAND	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	1	OUSSON SUR LOIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL CLOS DU VIGNERON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 449 peak 2007: 761 2023: 696 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 737 (2012) → 696 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 621 (1990) → 696 (2023): 12.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 14.3 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km WBakery — 2.4 km WGP — 2.7 km WPharmacy — 2.8 km W 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 (Châtillon-sur-Loire): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châtillon-sur-Loire): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châtillon-sur-Loire): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Châtillon-sur-Loire): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ousson-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 54.8

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. ^[10]

Measured at the BONNY-SUR-LOIRE weather station, 5.5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 133 m. ^[10]

An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

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. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45087
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45238
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
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	276 km E	689	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 0 %
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	135 km SW	660	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Prunet	15	309 km S	683	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 %
Gimel-les-Cascades	19	264 km S	755	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Travaillan	84	413 km SE	708	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 74 %
Chamelet	69	222 km SE	706	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	135 km SW	660	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Chamelet	69	222 km SE	706	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Gimel-les-Cascades	19	264 km S	755	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	276 km E	689	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 0 %
Prunet	15	309 km S	683	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 %
Travaillan	84	413 km SE	708	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 5 % · winter 74 %

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