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Boussès

Lot-et-Garonne · CC des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne · INSEE 47039

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

No daily shops 8.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boussès (INSEE 47039) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC des Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne. Population 41 (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/47039-bousses

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 3,513 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 trend0.39103.91
Housing mix0.5952.95

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 99 2023: 41 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 42 (2012) → 41 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 46 (1990) → 41 (2023): -10.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 20.5 % second homes and 25.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 5.8 km E (Durance)Bakery — 7.4 km NW (Houeillès)Pharmacy — 7.4 km NW (Houeillès)Food shop — 7.5 km NW (Houeillès)GP — 12.0 km S (Sos)
Primary school — 5.8 km EBakery — 7.4 km NWPharmacy — 7.4 km NWFood shop — 7.5 km NWGP — 12.0 km S 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 (Houeillès): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Houeillès): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Sos): 12 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Houeillès): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Durance): 5.8 km to the 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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the HOUEILLES weather station, 7.7 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 136 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at FARGUES-SUR-OURBISE, 12.3 km away at 124 m, over 11 summers. [11]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at HOUEILLES, 7.7 km away at 150 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 — 47039/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47039/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47039/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47039/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47119
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47302
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47085
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Belrain55659 km NE4111No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierremont02683 km NE415.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Omicourt08708 km NE4215.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Dompierre-aux-Bois55683 km NE396.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Antras3254 km SE407No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fouchécourt88618 km NE403.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Antras3254 km SE407No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fouchécourt88618 km NE403.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Belrain55659 km NE4111No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Dompierre-aux-Bois55683 km NE396.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierremont02683 km NE415.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Omicourt08708 km NE4215.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Boussès'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
Antras3254 km SE407No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Malegoude09188 km SE362.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cazals-des-Baylès09190 km SE5715.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Mailholas31136 km SE3413No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Montabourlet24142 km N566.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Monesple09160 km SE2615No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %