Brinay

Cher · CC Coeur de Berry · INSEE 18036

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

No daily shops 16.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brinay (INSEE 18036) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de Berry. Population 490 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 16.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,833 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	3.97
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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	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: 318 peak 1990: 546 2023: 490 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 528 (2012) → 490 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 546 (1990) → 490 (2023): -10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 11.9 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km EPharmacy — 2.4 km EGP — 2.5 km EFood shop — 2.6 km E 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 (Foëcy): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Foëcy): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Foëcy): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Foëcy): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brinay): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the QUINCY_SA weather station, 4.4 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 4.4 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRINAY, 3.8 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18036
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
Montagny-près-Louhans	71	245 km E	489	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux	50	326 km NW	488	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges	88	357 km E	493	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Selles	27	265 km NW	480	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-des-Prés	72	180 km NW	502	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Louversey	27	221 km NW	497	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent-des-Prés	72	180 km NW	502	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Louversey	27	221 km NW	497	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Montagny-près-Louhans	71	245 km E	489	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Selles	27	265 km NW	480	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux	50	326 km NW	488	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges	88	357 km E	493	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · 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 Brinay'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
Ludesse	63	190 km SE	487	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gault-Soigny	51	212 km NE	503	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Firmin-des-Bois	45	106 km NE	497	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Champagnat	71	259 km E	460	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Adjots	16	191 km SW	538	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montain	39	267 km E	484	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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