Brizambourg

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17070

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

Partly served 54.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brizambourg (INSEE 17070) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 997 (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/17070-brizambourg

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 14,336 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.76	10	7.62
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (L'INSTANT CHARENTAIS · FOOD'BRIZ). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE YVES BRAY BRIZAMBOURG). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SONIA BARITAUD, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE MINET, MÉDECIN · LAURENT CHATENET, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE COUPRIE). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRIZAMBOURG AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE SIMONE VEIL). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (JESS'COIFF). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COOP	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	L'INSTANT CHARENTAIS · FOOD'BRIZ	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE YVES BRAY BRIZAMBOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	SONIA BARITAUD, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE MINET, MÉDECIN · LAURENT CHATENET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE COUPRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BRIZAMBOURG AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE SIMONE VEIL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	JESS'COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 787 2023: 997 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 862 (2012) → 997 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 790 (1990) → 997 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 527, of which 3.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.8 km EBakery — 4.9 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 (Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bercloux): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brizambourg): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Brizambourg): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brizambourg): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.4

Days at or below 0 °C 31.5

Muggy days a summer 6.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BURIE weather station, 6 km away at 56 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BURIE, 6 km away at 56 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BURIE, 6 km away at 56 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 — 17070/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17070/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17070/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17070/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17344
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17070
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
Maransin	33	85 km S	1,063	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Monts-sur-Guesnes	86	133 km NE	921	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Vianne	47	191 km S	979	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sault-de-Navailles	64	253 km S	976	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Prisches	59	569 km NE	1,000	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Velles	36	190 km NE	975	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maransin	33	85 km S	1,063	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 43 %
Monts-sur-Guesnes	86	133 km NE	921	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Velles	36	190 km NE	975	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Vianne	47	191 km S	979	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Sault-de-Navailles	64	253 km S	976	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Prisches	59	569 km NE	1,000	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Brizambourg'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
Mérignac	16	34 km SE	805	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Bachellerie	24	148 km SE	891	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bégadan	33	61 km SW	893	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Pouyastruc	65	289 km S	664	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Prayssas	47	187 km SE	993	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Tesson	17	25 km SW	1,148	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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