Le Brusquet
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Brusquet (INSEE 04036) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération. Population 965 (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/04036-le-brusquet
Vitality score
Vitality score 45.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 14,559 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.26 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.17 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LOU MILE SOL). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AL'PAPERO). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE MARCEL ROUX). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LE BRUSQUET AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN FERRAT - LE BRUSQUET). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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) | 1 | PROXI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LOU MILE SOL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AL'PAPERO | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | GROUPE SCOLAIRE MARCEL ROUX | 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 | LE BRUSQUET AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JEAN FERRAT - LE BRUSQUET | INSEE BPE 1 [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 964 (2012) → 965 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 787 (1990) → 965 (2023): 22.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 551, of which 8.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Javie): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Brusquet): 1.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Digne-les-Bains): 9.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Digne-les-Bains): 9.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Brusquet): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 133 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the THOARD weather station, 14.1 km away at 732 m; the village itself is at 789 m. [11]
The village sits 57 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DIGNE LES BAINS, 14.4 km away at 554 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 235 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 965 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BEAUJEU, 8.7 km away at 1,050 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04036/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04036/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04036/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04036/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04097
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04036
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04070
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vers | 74 | 216 km N | 975 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cremeaux | 42 | 270 km NW | 914 | 42.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verzé | 71 | 276 km NW | 875 | 51.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 % |
| Malves-en-Minervois | 11 | 327 km W | 888 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Le Pin | 44 | 692 km NW | 868 | 48.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 % |
| Loiré | 49 | 682 km NW | 900 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vers | 74 | 216 km N | 975 | 54 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cremeaux | 42 | 270 km NW | 914 | 42.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verzé | 71 | 276 km NW | 875 | 51.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 % |
| Malves-en-Minervois | 11 | 327 km W | 888 | 50.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 % |
| Loiré | 49 | 682 km NW | 900 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 0 % |
| Le Pin | 44 | 692 km NW | 868 | 48.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Le Brusquet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-de-Rame | 05 | 69 km N | 904 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thoard | 04 | 13 km W | 744 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Crépin | 05 | 65 km N | 718 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montmaur | 05 | 57 km NW | 532 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eygliers | 05 | 62 km NE | 882 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aspres-sur-Buëch | 05 | 60 km NW | 828 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
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