Boussac

Identity

Boussac (INSEE 46035) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 185 (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/46035-boussac

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 15,524 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

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

1 × Café / bar (LES BO.P.P). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUSSAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (DÉPÔT DE BOUSSAC). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 181 (2012) → 185 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 154 (1990) → 185 (2023): 20.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 12.8 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lissac-et-Mouret): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Reyrevignes): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Livernon): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Figeac): 9 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Béduer): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the FAYCELLES weather station, 7.4 km away at 342 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[13]

The village sits 166 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at FAYCELLES, 7.4 km away at 342 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 166 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at FAYCELLES, 7.4 km away at 342 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

12 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 280,900 € — 2,056 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Lot is 1,246 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46035/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46035/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46035/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46035/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46175
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46237
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46176
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46102
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46021
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025