La Brionne
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Brionne (INSEE 23033) is in Creuse (23), part of CA du Grand Guéret. Population 448 (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 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 36 % of the 17,917 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 | 0.79 | 10 | 7.87 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 431 (2012) → 448 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 348 (1990) → 448 (2023): 28.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 6.2 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Vaury): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Vaury): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Vaury): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Vaury): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Brionne): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the GUERET COURTIL weather station, 5.2 km away at 464 m; the village itself is at 468 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at GUERET-GRANCHER, 6.2 km away at 546 m, over 17 summers. [10]
That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,015 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GUERET COURTIL, 5.2 km away at 464 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 — 23033/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23033/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23033/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23033/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23247
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23033
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Illiers-le-Bois | 78 | 311 km N | 449 | 24.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sassierges-Saint-Germain | 36 | 67 km N | 448 | 20.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Hélène | 88 | 437 km NE | 447 | 19 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vasselin | 38 | 290 km E | 458 | 24.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Christophe-à-Berry | 02 | 376 km N | 441 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 % |
| Bunzac | 16 | 123 km SW | 447 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassierges-Saint-Germain | 36 | 67 km N | 448 | 20.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bunzac | 16 | 123 km SW | 447 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vasselin | 38 | 290 km E | 458 | 24.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Illiers-le-Bois | 78 | 311 km N | 449 | 24.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Christophe-à-Berry | 02 | 376 km N | 441 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 % |
| Sainte-Hélène | 88 | 437 km NE | 447 | 19 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · 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 La Brionne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauterive | 61 | 283 km NW | 457 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ferrières | 60 | 384 km N | 435 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chepoix | 60 | 385 km N | 442 | 24.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréançon | 95 | 331 km N | 432 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cempuis | 60 | 388 km N | 467 | 24.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ormes | 27 | 327 km N | 451 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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