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Brugnens

Gers · CC de la Lomagne Gersoise · INSEE 32066

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

No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brugnens (INSEE 32066) is in Gers (32), part of CC de la Lomagne Gersoise. Population 254 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/32066-brugnens

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,293 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 trend0.54105.41
Housing mix0.9754.85

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 1 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]

1 × Hairdresser. [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 251 peak 2017: 256 2023: 254 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 253 (2012) → 254 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 254 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 130, of which 1.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.1 km S (Goutz)Bakery — 5.1 km W (Fleurance)Food shop — 5.1 km W (Fleurance)Pharmacy — 5.1 km W (Fleurance)GP — 5.5 km W (Fleurance)
Primary school — 4.1 km SBakery — 5.1 km WFood shop — 5.1 km WPharmacy — 5.1 km WGP — 5.5 km W 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 (Fleurance): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fleurance): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Fleurance): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Fleurance): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Goutz): 4.1 km to the south (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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MAUROUX weather station, 10.8 km away at 201 m; the village itself is at 186 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MAUROUX, 10.8 km away at 201 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FLEURANCE, 5.6 km away at 108 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32066/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32066/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32066/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32066/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32132
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 32150
  10. 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
Valleroy-aux-Saules88644 km NE25511.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 %
Zehnacker67745 km NE25417.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Pillon55718 km NE25114.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Labatmale64102 km SW25714.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Bettrechies59756 km N25312.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 %
Leval90649 km NE25014.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Labatmale64102 km SW25714.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Valleroy-aux-Saules88644 km NE25511.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 %
Leval90649 km NE25014.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 %
Pillon55718 km NE25114.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 %
Zehnacker67745 km NE25417.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Bettrechies59756 km N25312.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Sève33105 km NW25116.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre3178 km E26815.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Escoussans33123 km NW27312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Les Esseintes33106 km NW24414.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léon33130 km NW29117.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Jugazan33126 km NW27213.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %