Brach

Gironde · CC Médullienne · INSEE 33070

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brach (INSEE 33070) is in Gironde (33), part of CC Médullienne. Population 906 (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 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 14,926 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE DE BRACH). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DU ROND POINT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SI MON POULET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE DE BRACH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE DU ROND POINT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SI MON POULET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 187 2023: 906 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 582 (2012) → 906 (2023): 55.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 188 (1990) → 906 (2023): 381.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 9.4 km NWPharmacy — 9.4 km NW 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 (Brach): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brach): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Carcans): 9.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Carcans): 9.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brach): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALAUNES weather station, 14.5 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE TEMPLE, 19.8 km away at 43 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALAUNES, 14.5 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33070/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33070/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33070/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33070/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33097
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
Fourquevaux	31	266 km SE	851	48.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Cambounet-sur-le-Sor	81	292 km SE	978	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Babel	63	337 km E	948	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Marsonnas	01	488 km E	1,039	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 %
Lafitte-Vigordane	31	256 km SE	1,142	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	182 km N	1,114	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Azay-sur-Thouet	79	182 km N	1,114	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Lafitte-Vigordane	31	256 km SE	1,142	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fourquevaux	31	266 km SE	851	48.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Cambounet-sur-le-Sor	81	292 km SE	978	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Babel	63	337 km E	948	50.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 %
Marsonnas	01	488 km E	1,039	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 %

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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 Brach'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
Fontet	33	89 km SE	746	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Taponas	69	460 km E	914	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nérigean	33	56 km SE	839	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	122 km E	849	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montils	17	76 km NE	867	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Alix	69	446 km E	777	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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