Boissières

Identity

Boissières (INSEE 46032) is in Lot (46), part of CA du Grand Cahors. Population 371 (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/46032-boissieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 18,041 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.

Services

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOISSIERES RPC RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOISSIÈRES). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (L'AUBERGE DU BOTANISTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 374 (2012) → 371 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 241 (1990) → 371 (2023): 53.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 17.2 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Nuzéjouls): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Espère): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercuès): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pradines): 8.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Nuzéjouls): 2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CATUS weather station, 5.9 km away at 307 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[12]

The village sits 92 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 16.4 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 111 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CATUS, 5.3 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46032/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46032/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46032/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46032/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46211
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46095
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46191
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46224
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024