Bracieux

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Grand Chambord · INSEE 41025

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

Partly served 59.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bracieux (INSEE 41025) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Grand Chambord. Population 1,343 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/41025-bracieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 12,404 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.61
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL COURTIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA SOLOGNOTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES GOURMETS D'INDOCHINE BRACILIEN · MERAKI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE RENDEZ-VOUS DES GOURMETS · LA BIGOUDEN · SPB · FREYA & ARTEMIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CHIQUITO). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES BRASSENS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE MASSON). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE HUBERT FILLAY). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC BERTRAND, MÉDECIN · DANIELLE MENDY-BAUDIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE BRACIEUX). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN DE FOOT + GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE AGENCE DE BRACIEUX · CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (FRED'HAIR'IC · NADEGE COIFFURE · LE REFLET DU MIROIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL L'OREE DES CHATEAUX · HOTEL DU CYGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (HUTTOPIA LES CHATEAUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL COURTIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA SOLOGNOTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LES GOURMETS D'INDOCHINE BRACILIEN · MERAKI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE RENDEZ-VOUS DES GOURMETS · LA BIGOUDEN · SPB · FREYA & ARTEMIS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CHIQUITO	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES BRASSENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE MASSON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE HUBERT FILLAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ERIC BERTRAND, MÉDECIN · DANIELLE MENDY-BAUDIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE BRACIEUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BRACIEUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRACIEUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	TERRAIN DE FOOT + GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE AGENCE DE BRACIEUX · CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	FRED'HAIR'IC · NADEGE COIFFURE · LE REFLET DU MIROIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL L'OREE DES CHATEAUX · HOTEL DU CYGNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	HUTTOPIA LES CHATEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 829 2023: 1,343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,259 (2012) → 1,343 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,157 (1990) → 1,343 (2023): 16.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 759, of which 5.9 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Bracieux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bracieux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bracieux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bracieux): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bracieux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 55.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHEVERNY weather station, 9.4 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONTRIEUX, 14.1 km away at 96 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHEVERNY, 9.4 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41025
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
Champeix	63	249 km SE	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Castillonnès	47	330 km S	1,346	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 62 %
Bellegarde	45	83 km NE	1,440	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Monestier-de-Clermont	38	430 km SE	1,478	62.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Artemare	01	367 km SE	1,139	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Nolay	21	242 km E	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellegarde	45	83 km NE	1,440	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Nolay	21	242 km E	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Champeix	63	249 km SE	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Castillonnès	47	330 km S	1,346	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 62 %
Artemare	01	367 km SE	1,139	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Monestier-de-Clermont	38	430 km SE	1,478	62.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bracieux'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
Champeix	63	249 km SE	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Nolay	21	242 km E	1,409	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Darney	88	341 km E	1,091	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Baugy	18	103 km SE	1,598	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bletterans	39	309 km E	1,528	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	36	108 km S	1,623	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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