Bouy

Marne · CA de Châlons-en-Champagne · INSEE 51078

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouy (INSEE 51078) is in Marne (51), part of CA de Châlons-en-Champagne. Population 533 (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/51078-bouy

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,580 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.86	10	8.56
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PETIT PRINCE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PETIT PRINCE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BOUY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 364 peak 2017: 567 2023: 533 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 533 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 393 (1990) → 533 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NFood shop — 3.8 km NWGP — 5.8 km NWPharmacy — 6.1 km N 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 (Bouy): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Livry-Louvercy): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mourmelon-le-Petit): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mourmelon-le-Grand): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bouy): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 81.3

Muggy days a summer 1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MOURMELON-GRAND weather station, 2.6 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MOURMELON-GRAND, 2.6 km away at 115 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 671 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MOURMELON-GRAND, 2.6 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51326
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51389
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51388
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
Écouviez	55	94 km NE	543	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Cons-la-Grandville	54	108 km NE	522	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Dangu	27	194 km W	527	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 62 %
Albefeuille-Lagarde	82	605 km SW	582	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 41 % · humidity 64 %
Fontaine	90	252 km SE	605	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Alexain	53	388 km W	610	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écouviez	55	94 km NE	543	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Cons-la-Grandville	54	108 km NE	522	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Dangu	27	194 km W	527	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 62 %
Fontaine	90	252 km SE	605	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Alexain	53	388 km W	610	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Albefeuille-Lagarde	82	605 km SW	582	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 41 % · 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 Bouy'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine	90	252 km SE	605	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vy-lès-Lure	70	223 km SE	704	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Berthelming	57	196 km E	509	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gonsans	25	252 km SE	554	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Matton-et-Clémency	08	89 km NE	424	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Thiaville-sur-Meurthe	54	195 km E	597	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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