Brécy

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18035

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brécy (INSEE 18035) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 927 (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/18035-brecy

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 14,808 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.84	10	8.4
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (LES COMPTOIRS DE BRECY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRECY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	LES COMPTOIRS DE BRECY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	BRECY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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: 555 peak 2017: 1,013 2023: 927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 868 (2012) → 927 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 692 (1990) → 927 (2023): 34 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 428, of which 4.4 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.4 km WFood shop — 5.6 km WPharmacy — 5.6 km WBakery — 6.0 km S 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 (Farges-en-Septaine): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Solange): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Solange): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Solange): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brécy): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 58.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETRECHY weather station, 6.4 km away at 194 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AVORD, 8.1 km away at 175 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ETRECHY, 6.4 km away at 194 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 — 18035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18035
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
Royères	87	169 km SW	951	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Beuvraignes	80	281 km N	900	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Grammond	42	222 km SE	887	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Fidèle	08	339 km NE	818	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Birac-sur-Trec	47	346 km SW	812	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Boqueho	22	443 km W	1,054	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Royères	87	169 km SW	951	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Grammond	42	222 km SE	887	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvraignes	80	281 km N	900	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Fidèle	08	339 km NE	818	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Birac-sur-Trec	47	346 km SW	812	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Boqueho	22	443 km W	1,054	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Brécy'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
Royères	87	169 km SW	951	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-de-Coppel	63	168 km S	1,281	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bayet	03	109 km SE	672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Venizy	89	130 km NE	824	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Célerin	72	198 km NW	882	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Brévonnes	10	191 km NE	673	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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