Brandonnet

Aveyron · CC du Plateau de Montbazens · INSEE 12034

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

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brandonnet (INSEE 12034) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Plateau de Montbazens. Population 287 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12034-brandonnet

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,752 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.83
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 (MODESTO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRANDONNET AU COEUR DU LIVRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	MODESTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRANDONNET AU COEUR DU LIVRE	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

1968: 417 2023: 287 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 314 (2012) → 287 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 287 (2023): -11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 16.9 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km NBakery — 4.6 km NEGP — 4.7 km NEPharmacy — 8.5 km SW 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 (Lanuéjouls): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lanuéjouls): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lanuéjouls): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villefranche-de-Rouergue): 8.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brandonnet): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.3

Days at or below 0 °C 59.3

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BASTIDE EVEQUE weather station, 5.2 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 486 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE, 9 km away at 330 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 156 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,044 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BASTIDE EVEQUE, 5.2 km away at 500 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 — 12034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12034
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
Sérilhac	19	84 km N	275	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cazalis	33	200 km W	269	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite	63	150 km NE	327	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Moissannes	87	172 km N	328	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaux	71	364 km NE	322	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 89 %
Montsalès	12	18 km NW	319	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montsalès	12	18 km NW	319	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sérilhac	19	84 km N	275	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite	63	150 km NE	327	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Moissannes	87	172 km N	328	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cazalis	33	200 km W	269	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
La Chaux	71	364 km NE	322	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 89 %

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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 Brandonnet'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
Sérilhac	19	84 km N	275	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montsalès	12	18 km NW	319	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pruines	12	33 km NE	289	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Joyeux	01	291 km NE	262	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Virac	81	39 km S	252	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Suze	26	240 km E	245	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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