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Saint-Hilaire-sur-Puiseaux

Loiret · CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais · INSEE 45283

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

No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-sur-Puiseaux (INSEE 45283) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. Population 151 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/45283-saint-hilaire-sur-puiseaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 14,120 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 trend0.58105.79
Housing mix0.8954.46

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 155 peak 2007: 176 2023: 151 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 166 (2012) → 151 (2023): -9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 140 (1990) → 151 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 5.4 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.0 km NE (Solterre)Primary school — 4.1 km SE (Pressigny-les-Pins)Food shop — 5.3 km SW (Varennes-Changy)Pharmacy — 5.3 km SW (Varennes-Changy)GP — 5.4 km SW (Varennes-Changy)
Bakery — 3.0 km NEPrimary school — 4.1 km SEFood shop — 5.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 km SWGP — 5.4 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 (Solterre): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Varennes-Changy): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Varennes-Changy): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Varennes-Changy): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Pressigny-les-Pins): 4.1 km to the south-east (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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the AMILLY weather station, 6.9 km away at 91 m; the village itself is at 105 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at AMILLY, 6.9 km away at 91 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 650 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AMILLY, 6.9 km away at 91 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 — 45283/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45283/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45283/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45283/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45312
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45332
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 45257
  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
Médillac16362 km SW1509.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Haulies32508 km S15217.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Grayssas47439 km S15015.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Maulichères32516 km SW1558.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %
Cousances-lès-Triconville55220 km NE14612.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Soulan32509 km S15211.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cousances-lès-Triconville55220 km NE14612.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Médillac16362 km SW1509.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Grayssas47439 km S15015.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 68 %
Haulies32508 km S15217.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Soulan32509 km S15211.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Maulichères32516 km SW1558.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Saint-Hilaire-sur-Puiseaux'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chezelle03190 km S15814.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Barberier03192 km S15015.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Châtignac16352 km SW16312.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Villeporcher41131 km W14612.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chouday36120 km SW14010.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Serez27152 km NW16616.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %