Briantes

Indre · CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère · INSEE 36025

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Briantes (INSEE 36025) is in Indre (36), part of CC de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. Population 589 (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 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 17,178 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.2
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 VINCENT ROTINAT	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	1	BRIANTES AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 664 2023: 589 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 608 (2012) → 589 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 526 (1990) → 589 (2023): 12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 15.6 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km NGP — 3.6 km NWBakery — 3.8 km NWPharmacy — 3.8 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 (La Châtre): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lacs): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Châtre): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Châtre): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Briantes): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTGIVRAY weather station, 6.9 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 228 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTGIVRAY, 6.9 km away at 204 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTGIVRAY - BG, 5 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36025
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
Prunay-Cassereau	41	152 km NW	577	20.5	Few services	no figures
Théhillac	56	333 km W	611	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Bantanges	71	236 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Fleury-en-Bière	77	214 km N	652	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ronsenac	16	182 km SW	571	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillenay	21	213 km NE	605	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Prunay-Cassereau	41	152 km NW	577	20.5	Few services	no figures
Ronsenac	16	182 km SW	571	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillenay	21	213 km NE	605	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-en-Bière	77	214 km N	652	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bantanges	71	236 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Théhillac	56	333 km W	611	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Briantes'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
Bantanges	71	236 km E	577	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Ronsenac	16	182 km SW	571	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pouillenay	21	213 km NE	605	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Courgenay	89	224 km NE	564	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Fermeté	58	110 km NE	617	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avezé	72	211 km NW	690	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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