Brusque

Aveyron · CC Monts, Rance et Rougier · INSEE 12039

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brusque (INSEE 12039) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Monts, Rance et Rougier. Population 258 (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 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,323 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	0.11	10	1.11
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MIDI PRIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE TONTON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRUSQUE AP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (VILLAGE VACANCES DE CERAS). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LES ROCKS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU DOURDOU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MIDI PRIX	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	LA TABLE DE TONTON	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 ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT	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	BRUSQUE AP	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	1	VILLAGE VACANCES DE CERAS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES ROCKS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU DOURDOU	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: 594 2023: 258 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 297 (2012) → 258 (2023): -13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 422 (1990) → 258 (2023): -38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 390, of which 58.5 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 8.5 km NWGP — 8.6 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 (Brusque): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brusque): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Camarès): 8.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Camarès): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brusque): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.8

Days at or below 0 °C 19.9

Muggy days a summer 1

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRUSQUE_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 858 m; the village itself is at 452 m. ^[10]

The village sits 406 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONTLAUR, 16.5 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 78 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRUSQUE_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 858 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 — 12039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12044
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
Les Salles-sur-Verdon	83	262 km E	236	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Thorame-Haute	04	291 km E	247	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Artignosc-sur-Verdon	83	253 km E	311	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Prévenchères	48	114 km NE	267	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Barre-des-Cévennes	48	77 km NE	200	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Cateri	2B	500 km E	247	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Barre-des-Cévennes	48	77 km NE	200	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Prévenchères	48	114 km NE	267	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Artignosc-sur-Verdon	83	253 km E	311	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Les Salles-sur-Verdon	83	262 km E	236	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Thorame-Haute	04	291 km E	247	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Cateri	2B	500 km E	247	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 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 Brusque'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
Fayet	12	3.9 km N	235	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vezzani	2B	542 km E	269	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aullène	2A	547 km E	184	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Zilia	2B	502 km E	320	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mazeau	85	403 km NW	464	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ghisoni	2B	542 km E	182	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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