Brouchaud

Identity

Brouchaud (INSEE 24066) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Isle-Loue-Auvézère en Périgord. Population 224 (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/24066-brouchaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,663 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (REGAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA BIENVENUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BROUCHAUD AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 217 (2012) → 224 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 224 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 181, of which 34.3 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brouchaud): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bassillac et Auberoche): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bassillac et Auberoche): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THENON weather station, 10.9 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[11]

The village sits 119 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at THENON, 10.9 km away at 265 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 119 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at THENON-MAN, 9.3 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24066/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24066/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24066/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24066/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24066
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24026
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 24147
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024