Bréville

Charente · CA du Grand Cognac · INSEE 16060

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bréville (INSEE 16060) is in Charente (16), part of CA du Grand Cognac. Population 436 (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/16060-breville

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,925 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	0.38	10	3.81
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.91

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 (CHEZ DES GENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE BREVILLE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BREVILLE AP). ^[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	CHEZ DES GENS	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 ELEMENTAIRE DE BREVILLE	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	BREVILLE 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	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: 491 peak 2012: 516 2023: 436 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 516 (2012) → 436 (2023): -15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 495 (1990) → 436 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 20.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SEFood shop — 6.0 km WGP — 8.7 km NWPharmacy — 9.1 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 (Macqueville): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mesnac): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Matha): 8.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Matha): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bréville): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.6

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BREVILLE weather station, 1.8 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BREVILLE, 1.8 km away at 21 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BREVILLE, 1.8 km away at 21 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 101,000 € — 865 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Charente is 1,144 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16060/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16060/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16060/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16060/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16060
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	442 km NE	438	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Villeny	41	255 km NE	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse	86	148 km NE	462	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Cassagnabère-Tournas	31	298 km S	468	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Angiens	76	455 km N	513	34.1	Few services	no figures
Mosnac	17	38 km SW	494	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mosnac	17	38 km SW	494	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse	86	148 km NE	462	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Villeny	41	255 km NE	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Cassagnabère-Tournas	31	298 km S	468	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Saint-Père	10	442 km NE	438	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Angiens	76	455 km N	513	34.1	Few services	no figures

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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 Bréville'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
Cassagnabère-Tournas	31	298 km S	468	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Mosnac	17	38 km SW	494	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saussignac	24	120 km SE	407	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Condal	71	433 km E	462	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Crazannes	17	35 km W	442	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thénioux	18	233 km NE	667	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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