Thou

Loiret · CC Berry Loire Puisaye · INSEE 45323

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

No daily shops 7.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thou (INSEE 45323) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Berry Loire Puisaye. Population 211 (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 7.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 16,263 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.36	10	3.65
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

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 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”.

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

1 × Hotel (LE CHEVAL BLANC). ^[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

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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE CHEVAL BLANC	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: 235 peak 1999: 258 2023: 211 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 235 (2012) → 211 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 211 (2023): -13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 20.4 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 5.3 km SBakery — 5.8 km SWFood shop — 5.8 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km SWGP — 5.9 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 (Bonny-sur-Loire): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bonny-sur-Loire): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bonny-sur-Loire): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bonny-sur-Loire): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Annay): 5.3 km to the south (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, 4.6 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 188 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, 4.6 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 — 45323/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45323/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45323/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45323/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58007
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
Castagnède	64	550 km SW	207	9.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 70 %
Mareugheol	63	234 km S	215	15.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Lavaurette	82	387 km S	214	12.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %
Arry	80	312 km N	212	13.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 %
Nestier	65	537 km S	206	10	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Toulouse-le-Château	39	219 km E	204	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Toulouse-le-Château	39	219 km E	204	10.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Mareugheol	63	234 km S	215	15.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Arry	80	312 km N	212	13.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 %
Lavaurette	82	387 km S	214	12.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 89 %
Nestier	65	537 km S	206	10	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 %
Castagnède	64	550 km SW	207	9.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 70 %

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