Brieulles-sur-Bar

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08085

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brieulles-sur-Bar (INSEE 08085) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 224 (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 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 16,663 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.78	10	7.8
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRIEULLES SUR BAR RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLEMENT ADER	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	BRIEULLES SUR BAR RP	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	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

1968: 239 2023: 224 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 182 (2012) → 224 (2023): 23.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 175 (1990) → 224 (2023): 28 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 9.6 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 7.4 km NWFood shop — 7.5 km SWGP — 7.5 km NWBakery — 7.6 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 (Bairon et ses environs): 7.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quatre-Champs): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bairon et ses environs): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bairon et ses environs): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brieulles-sur-Bar): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.3

Days at or below 0 °C 68.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE CHESNE weather station, 7.4 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,007 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at HARRICOURT, 7.3 km away at 174 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 — 08085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08350
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08085
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
Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq	64	774 km SW	233	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 30 %
Brives-sur-Charente	17	581 km SW	213	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 61 %
Fortel-en-Artois	62	208 km NW	212	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Ratzwiller	67	183 km E	233	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Cayrols	15	553 km S	297	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 68 %
Landresse	25	274 km SE	236	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ratzwiller	67	183 km E	233	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Fortel-en-Artois	62	208 km NW	212	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Landresse	25	274 km SE	236	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
Cayrols	15	553 km S	297	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 68 %
Brives-sur-Charente	17	581 km SW	213	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 61 %
Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq	64	774 km SW	233	33	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 30 %

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