Brie-sous-Barbezieux

Charente · CC des 4B Sud Charente · INSEE 16062

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brie-sous-Barbezieux (INSEE 16062) is in Charente (16), part of CC des 4B Sud Charente. Population 109 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 11,356 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.25	10	2.52
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (MEL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1	MEL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 156 2023: 109 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 113 (2012) → 109 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 109 (2023): -24.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 67, of which 7.5 % second homes and 22.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.0 km NBakery — 4.5 km SFood shop — 7.9 km NEGP — 8.2 km NEPharmacy — 10.6 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 (Berneuil): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val des Vignes): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coteaux-du-Blanzacais): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire): 10.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.6

Days at or below 0 °C 38.6

Muggy days a summer 5.5

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST AULAIS weather station, 3.7 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST AULAIS, 3.7 km away at 100 m, over 11 summers. ^[13]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST AULAIS, 3.7 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 16062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16301
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
Montot-sur-Rognon	52	515 km NE	109	10.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Préaux-Bocage	14	406 km N	107	12.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Roinvilliers	91	369 km NE	112	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Aulnay	86	165 km N	107	7.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Trayes	79	145 km N	111	9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Montgaillard-de-Salies	31	274 km S	108	9.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trayes	79	145 km N	111	9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Aulnay	86	165 km N	107	7.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Montgaillard-de-Salies	31	274 km S	108	9.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Roinvilliers	91	369 km NE	112	16.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Préaux-Bocage	14	406 km N	107	12.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 57 %
Montot-sur-Rognon	52	515 km NE	109	10.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Brie-sous-Barbezieux'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
Monferran-Plavès	32	221 km S	110	10.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Floudès	33	95 km S	103	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sillas	33	117 km S	119	13.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Expiremont	17	28 km SW	112	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Landerrouet-sur-Ségur	33	86 km S	102	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Trémoulet	09	288 km SE	102	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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