Brezons

Cantal · CC de Saint-Flour · INSEE 15026

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

No daily shops 19.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brezons (INSEE 15026) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 177 (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/15026-brezons

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 15,245 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.2	10	2.02
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT CAYROL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BURON LA COMBE DE LA SAURE). ^[4]

1 × Library (RELAIS LECTURE MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	HOTEL RESTAURANT CAYROL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BURON LA COMBE DE LA SAURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	RELAIS LECTURE MAIRIE	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: 451 2023: 177 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 197 (2012) → 177 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 252 (1990) → 177 (2023): -29.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 188, of which 50 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 5.4 km SEPrimary school — 5.6 km SEBakery — 5.7 km SEGP — 5.7 km SEPharmacy — 5.7 km SE 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 (Pierrefort): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierrefort): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pierrefort): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pierrefort): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pierrefort): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.4

Days at or below 0 °C 59.4

Muggy days a summer 0

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PRAT DE BOUC weather station, 9.5 km away at 1,405 m; the village itself is at 838 m. ^[9]

The village sits 567 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE LIORAN_SAPC, 13.4 km away at 1,236 m, over 14 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 398 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,629 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MALBO, 4.1 km away at 1,200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15152
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
Cros	63	59 km N	171	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Arrigas	30	121 km SE	219	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pardailhan	34	169 km S	193	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Champdray	88	464 km NE	192	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Séniergues	46	104 km W	146	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Alleyrac	43	93 km E	117	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cros	63	59 km N	171	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Alleyrac	43	93 km E	117	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Séniergues	46	104 km W	146	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Arrigas	30	121 km SE	219	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pardailhan	34	169 km S	193	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Champdray	88	464 km NE	192	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Brezons'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
Cros	63	59 km N	171	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cubières	48	94 km SE	187	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lacombe	11	181 km S	188	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Projet-de-Salers	15	26 km NW	133	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ascros	06	354 km E	174	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Château	23	126 km NW	150	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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