Braize

Allier · CC du Pays de Tronçais · INSEE 03037

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Braize (INSEE 03037) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Tronçais. Population 259 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 38 % of the 17,354 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.52	10	5.2
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CHAMP DE LA CHAPELLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING CHAMP DE LA CHAPELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 326 2023: 259 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 283 (2012) → 259 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 254 (1990) → 259 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 171, of which 21.1 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km EBakery — 3.0 km EPharmacy — 5.5 km NEGP — 6.1 km NE 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 (Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ainay-le-Château): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ainay-le-Château): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Braize): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.5

Days at or below 0 °C 58

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ISLE-ET-BARDAIS weather station, 5.8 km away at 262 m; the village itself is at 238 m. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AINAY-LE-CHATE, 5.5 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03037/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03037/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03037/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03037/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03037
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-Pierre-les-Bois	18	29 km W	261	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Nanthiat	24	190 km SW	244	13.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Charleville	51	251 km N	262	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 92 %
Montaut	47	276 km SW	253	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 %
Buxières-sous-Montaigut	63	53 km S	244	16.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 31 %
La Répara-Auriples	26	287 km SE	244	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-les-Bois	18	29 km W	261	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Buxières-sous-Montaigut	63	53 km S	244	16.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 31 %
Nanthiat	24	190 km SW	244	13.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Charleville	51	251 km N	262	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 92 %
Montaut	47	276 km SW	253	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 %
La Répara-Auriples	26	287 km SE	244	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 72 %

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