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Brazey-en-Morvan

Côte-d'Or · CC du Pays Arnay Liernais · INSEE 21102

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

No daily shops 8.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brazey-en-Morvan (INSEE 21102) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Pays Arnay Liernais. Population 155 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/21102-brazey-en-morvan

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 14,382 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.81
Housing mix0.4452.19

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 225 2023: 155 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 141 (2012) → 155 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 158 (1990) → 155 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 28.1 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmFood shop — 3.1 km NW (Liernais)Bakery — 3.2 km S (Bard-le-Régulier)Primary school — 3.8 km N (Liernais)Pharmacy — 9.0 km W (Alligny-en-Morvan)GP — 10.3 km S (Lucenay-l'Évêque)
Food shop — 3.1 km NWBakery — 3.2 km SPrimary school — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 9.0 km WGP — 10.3 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 (Bard-le-Régulier): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Liernais): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Lucenay-l'Évêque): 10.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Alligny-en-Morvan): 9 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Liernais): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ST-MARTIN-MER weather station, 7.6 km away at 521 m; the village itself is at 502 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at ST-MARTIN-MER, 7.6 km away at 521 m, over 10 summers. [12]

An average of 990 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LIERNAIS, 4 km away at 492 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21102/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21102/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21102/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21102/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21046
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21349
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71266
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 58003
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ségalas47409 km SW1556.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Roquefixade09511 km SW1527.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Le Mesnil-Adelée50434 km NW1579No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Bellaffaire04339 km SE15911.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Castelnau-sur-l'Auvignon32464 km SW1509.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 36 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Mars-du-Désert53355 km W1626.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 65 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bellaffaire04339 km SE15911.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-du-Désert53355 km W1626.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 65 %
Ségalas47409 km SW1556.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Le Mesnil-Adelée50434 km NW1579No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-sur-l'Auvignon32464 km SW1509.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 36 % · humidity 21 %
Roquefixade09511 km SW1527.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Brazey-en-Morvan'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Poussanges23218 km SW1485.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Clairavaux23224 km SW1516.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloi23224 km SW1758.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bizou61302 km NW1429.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Soulce-Cernay25195 km E13614.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Puy-Saint-Gulmier63199 km SW1354.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %