Boucé

Orne · CC Terres d'Argentan Interco · INSEE 61055

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boucé (INSEE 61055) is in Orne (61), part of CC Terres d'Argentan Interco. Population 570 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,358 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	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Supermarket (COM'BOUCEEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DE BOUCE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICIA FABIOLA POP, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE DAGONNEAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE MAE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	COM'BOUCEEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE BISTROT DE BOUCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PATRICIA FABIOLA POP, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SARL PHARMACIE DAGONNEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BOUCE AP	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	1	L'ATELIER DE MAE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 784 2023: 570 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 622 (2012) → 570 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 630 (1990) → 570 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 346, of which 7.5 % second homes and 17.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 8.5 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 (Écouché-les-Vallées): 8.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boucé): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boucé): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Boucé): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Boucé): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 40.1

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CARROUGES weather station, 9.7 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[10]

The village sits 109 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 11.1 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TANQUES, 3.5 km away at 171 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61055
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
Anvin	62	262 km NE	700	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Tanus	81	538 km S	552	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Andelot-en-Montagne	39	492 km E	574	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Avricourt	57	507 km E	574	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 47 %
Waldweistroff	57	486 km E	522	33.6	Few services	no figures
Ars	16	335 km S	686	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Anvin	62	262 km NE	700	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ars	16	335 km S	686	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 %
Waldweistroff	57	486 km E	522	33.6	Few services	no figures
Andelot-en-Montagne	39	492 km E	574	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Avricourt	57	507 km E	574	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 47 %
Tanus	81	538 km S	552	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Boucé'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
Baralle	62	287 km NE	434	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rubempré	80	236 km NE	720	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lavilletertre	60	160 km NE	631	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lagny	60	244 km NE	524	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Acheux-en-Amiénois	80	248 km NE	590	66	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cléry-sur-Somme	80	260 km NE	516	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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