Brives

Indre · CC Champagne Boischauts · INSEE 36027

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brives (INSEE 36027) is in Indre (36), part of CC Champagne Boischauts. Population 237 (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 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 16,965 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.41
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (LE CESAR). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CESAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 226 peak 2012: 276 2023: 237 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 276 (2012) → 237 (2023): -14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 191 (1990) → 237 (2023): 24.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 12.8 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 6.6 km SPrimary school — 6.6 km SBakery — 8.0 km NWPharmacy — 12.1 km NGP — 12.2 km N 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 (Neuvy-Pailloux): 8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ambrault): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Issoudun): 12.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Issoudun): 12.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ambrault): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 48

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ISSOUDUN weather station, 11.2 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ISSOUDUN, 11.2 km away at 138 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NEUVY-PAILLOUX, 7.9 km away at 149 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 — 36027/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36027/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36027/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36027/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36088
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
Saint-Jean-des-Échelles	72	170 km NW	222	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lefaux	62	412 km N	229	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Tasque	32	387 km SW	243	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
La Chapelle-de-Bragny	71	216 km E	241	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Rammersmatt	68	400 km E	219	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets	37	107 km NW	238	21.3	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
Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets	37	107 km NW	238	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-des-Échelles	72	170 km NW	222	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Bragny	71	216 km E	241	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Tasque	32	387 km SW	243	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Rammersmatt	68	400 km E	219	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Lefaux	62	412 km N	229	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Brives'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
Saint-Jean-des-Échelles	72	170 km NW	222	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets	37	107 km NW	238	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Tournavaux	08	397 km NE	234	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Dehault	72	184 km NW	241	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Maisonnay	79	170 km SW	252	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Trucy-l'Orgueilleux	58	130 km NE	217	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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