Brocas

Landes · CC Coeur Haute Lande · INSEE 40056

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brocas (INSEE 40056) is in Landes (40), part of CC Coeur Haute Lande. Population 721 (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/40056-brocas

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 16,264 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	5.99
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (SARL DUCOS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BERNARD DUCASSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE & CIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LM AND CO · CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL DUCOS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BERNARD DUCASSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE & CIE	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	2	LM AND CO · CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BROCAS APC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 718 peak 2017: 789 2023: 721 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 773 (2012) → 721 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 656 (1990) → 721 (2023): 9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 433, of which 14.3 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 6.6 km NGP — 6.8 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 (Brocas): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brocas): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Labrit): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Labrit): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONT-DE-MARSAN weather station, 15.2 km away at 59 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONT-DE-MARSAN, 15.2 km away at 59 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,020 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELIS, 6.9 km away at 85 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40056
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40135
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
Nouans-les-Fontaines	37	372 km N	672	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
La Bastide-sur-l'Hers	09	232 km SE	676	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
La Roche-en-Brenil	21	521 km NE	911	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Thoard	04	534 km E	744	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Domats	89	531 km NE	779	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Angel	19	272 km NE	702	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Bastide-sur-l'Hers	09	232 km SE	676	59.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Angel	19	272 km NE	702	55.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 %
Nouans-les-Fontaines	37	372 km N	672	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
La Roche-en-Brenil	21	521 km NE	911	53.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Domats	89	531 km NE	779	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Thoard	04	534 km E	744	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Brocas'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
Simorre	32	122 km SE	688	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Louchats	33	52 km N	683	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pailhès	09	191 km SE	511	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Escource	40	42 km W	824	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
L'Isle-de-Noé	32	92 km SE	529	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Gurson	24	113 km NE	653	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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