Bizou
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bizou (INSEE 61046) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Hauts du Perche. Population 142 (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/61046-bizou
Vitality score
Vitality score 9.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 15 % of the 13,687 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 | 0.56 | 10 | 5.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.5 | 5 | 2.48 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
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] | |
| 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 | 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
Population 109 (2012) → 142 (2023): 30.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 134 (1990) → 142 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 25.2 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Longny les Villages): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Longny les Villages): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Longny les Villages): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Longny les Villages): 4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Longny les Villages): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LONGNY-AU-PERCHE weather station, 4.3 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 203 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 17.6 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. [9]
An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LONGNY-AU-PERCHE, 4.3 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61046/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61046/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61046/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61046/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61230
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bazile-de-Meyssac | 19 | 390 km S | 142 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Forêt-du-Temple | 23 | 247 km S | 143 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontenay-Torcy | 60 | 141 km NE | 143 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orville | 36 | 168 km SE | 137 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montcusel | 39 | 439 km SE | 144 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Foy | 71 | 354 km SE | 144 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenay-Torcy | 60 | 141 km NE | 143 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orville | 36 | 168 km SE | 137 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Forêt-du-Temple | 23 | 247 km S | 143 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Foy | 71 | 354 km SE | 144 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bazile-de-Meyssac | 19 | 390 km S | 142 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montcusel | 39 | 439 km SE | 144 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Bizou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cercueil | 61 | 55 km W | 145 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Mancelière | 28 | 25 km NE | 150 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montireau | 28 | 23 km SE | 136 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sauvagnat | 63 | 334 km SE | 143 | 4.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Priest-la-Vêtre | 42 | 378 km SE | 141 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poussanges | 23 | 317 km S | 148 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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