Boves

Somme · CA Amiens Métropole · INSEE 80131

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boves (INSEE 80131) is in Somme (80), part of CA Amiens Métropole. Population 3,234 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/80131-boves

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 6,688 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	0.07	25	1.84
Social	0.46	20	9.21
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.55	10	5.53
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DE BOVES). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BOVES KEBAB · AU COMPTOIR DE BOVES · A.M PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ESTAMINET · CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CAPUCINES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES DEUX VALLEES). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YASMINA BOURAYA-GARAYALDE, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE GIBOULET, MÉDECIN · CHARLINE DUPONT, MÉDECIN · AGATHE MONTIGNY-DE BROCA, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE SENLIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DE L EGLISE · PHARMACIE TANQUEREL DENIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (LA BANQUE POSTALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CATHERINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (NOVOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE BOVES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	3	BOVES KEBAB · AU COMPTOIR DE BOVES · A.M PIZZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'ESTAMINET · CAFE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CAPUCINES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES DEUX VALLEES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	YASMINA BOURAYA-GARAYALDE, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE GIBOULET, MÉDECIN · CHARLINE DUPONT, MÉDECIN · AGATHE MONTIGNY-DE BROCA, MÉDECIN · ANNE-SOPHIE SENLIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	SELAS PHARMACIE DE L EGLISE · PHARMACIE TANQUEREL DENIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	2	LA BANQUE POSTALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU NORD	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CATHERINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	NOVOTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,995 2023: 3,234 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,100 (2012) → 3,234 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,964 (1990) → 3,234 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,603, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.5 km NW 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 (Boves): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Glisy): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boves): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Boves): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Boves): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.6

Days at or below 0 °C 52.7

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COTTENCHY weather station, 2.8 km away at 34 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AMIENS-GLISY, 3 km away at 60 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 641 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COTTENCHY, 2.8 km away at 34 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 — 80131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 80379
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
Imphy	58	330 km S	3,182	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dissay	86	379 km SW	3,101	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Taissy	51	142 km SE	2,194	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Eurville-Bienville	52	238 km SE	1,974	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Besse-sur-Issole	83	778 km SE	3,125	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chirens	38	547 km SE	2,546	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Taissy	51	142 km SE	2,194	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Eurville-Bienville	52	238 km SE	1,974	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Imphy	58	330 km S	3,182	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dissay	86	379 km SW	3,101	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Chirens	38	547 km SE	2,546	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Besse-sur-Issole	83	778 km SE	3,125	46.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Boves'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
Tucquegnieux	54	260 km E	2,441	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moussy-le-Neuf	77	88 km S	3,253	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chaumont-en-Vexin	60	75 km SW	3,338	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Varreddes	77	101 km SE	2,167	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lizy-sur-Ourcq	77	102 km SE	3,627	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvry-la-Forêt	59	93 km NE	2,861	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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