Brando
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Brando (INSEE 2B043) is in Haute-Corse (2B), part of CC du Cap Corse. Population 1,584 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/2B043-brando
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 11,227 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.87 |
| Housing mix | 0.06 | 5 | 0.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (KAA'P). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CAPRIX · CANTINA CATONI). [3,4]
19 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT U FRANGHIU · A STREGA · SOCIETE A PIAZZETTA · RESTO PLAGE A CAMPINCA · COTE PLAGE CHEZ AUGUSTE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'ARRET · U SCALU). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCCIANI AUGUSTIN ERBALUNGA). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNIE LOGLI-POUMEROL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LA BOULE A ZERO). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL CASTEL BRANDO). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | KAA'P | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | CAPRIX · CANTINA CATONI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 19 | RESTAURANT U FRANGHIU · A STREGA · SOCIETE A PIAZZETTA · RESTO PLAGE A CAMPINCA · COTE PLAGE CHEZ AUGUSTE | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | BAR DE L'ARRET · U SCALU | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCCIANI AUGUSTIN ERBALUNGA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | ANNIE LOGLI-POUMEROL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | LA BOULE A ZERO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL CASTEL BRANDO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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 1,654 (2012) → 1,584 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,334 (1990) → 1,584 (2023): 18.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,568, of which 47.1 % second homes and 0.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Brando): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Brando): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Brando): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Santa-Maria-di-Lota): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Brando): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CAP SAGRO weather station, 2.9 km away at 111 m; the village itself is at 11 m. [10]
The village sits 100 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.13 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 21 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at OLETTA, 18.7 km away at 130 m, over 11 summers. [10]
That station sits 119 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CAP SAGRO, 2.9 km away at 111 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
61 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 470,000 € — 4,358 € per m² of built surface. [11]
95 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 170,000 € — 3,420 € per m². [11]
The median across Haute-Corse is 3,016 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B043/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B043/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B043/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 2B043/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B043
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 2B309
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albitreccia | 2A | 110 km SW | 1,833 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mane | 04 | 327 km NW | 1,410 | 56.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Retz | 44 | 1,020 km NW | 1,939 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 % |
| Menthon-Saint-Bernard | 74 | 431 km NW | 1,891 | 50.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Augustin | 17 | 901 km NW | 1,521 | 45.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mers-les-Bains | 80 | 1,019 km NW | 2,540 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albitreccia | 2A | 110 km SW | 1,833 | 58.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mane | 04 | 327 km NW | 1,410 | 56.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Menthon-Saint-Bernard | 74 | 431 km NW | 1,891 | 50.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Augustin | 17 | 901 km NW | 1,521 | 45.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mers-les-Bains | 80 | 1,019 km NW | 2,540 | 59.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 % |
| Les Moutiers-en-Retz | 44 | 1,020 km NW | 1,939 | 54.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Brando'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa-Maria-di-Lota | 2B | 3.9 km SW | 1,973 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Tropez | 83 | 237 km W | 3,582 | 61.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vescovato | 2B | 32 km S | 3,406 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cantaron | 06 | 206 km NW | 1,268 | 30.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peillon | 06 | 203 km NW | 1,408 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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