Briennon

Loire · CC Charlieu-Belmont · INSEE 42026

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Briennon (INSEE 42026) is in Loire (42), part of CC Charlieu-Belmont. Population 1,710 (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/42026-briennon

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 10,671 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.35
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PETIT MARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (O'RESTO · L'ATELIER BIO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BRIENNON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT NICOLAS DE BRIENNON). ^[3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-NICOLAS DE BRIENNON). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE - BRIENNON). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	AU PETIT MARCHE	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	O'RESTO · L'ATELIER BIO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BRIENNON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT NICOLAS DE BRIENNON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-NICOLAS DE BRIENNON	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BRIENNON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE - BRIENNON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,237 peak 2012: 1,733 2023: 1,710 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,733 (2012) → 1,710 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,652 (1990) → 1,710 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 803, of which 1.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km EGP — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 1.9 km E 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 (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Briennon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pouilly-sous-Charlieu): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Briennon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.7

Days at or below 0 °C 75.9

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHARLIEU weather station, 7.2 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 263 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHARLIEU, 7.2 km away at 278 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHARLIEU, 7.2 km away at 278 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 — 42026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42177
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42026
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
Périgneux	42	78 km S	1,621	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Villebernier	49	337 km NW	1,441	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Vergigny	89	205 km N	1,486	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Prée-d'Anjou	53	417 km NW	1,381	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 54 %
Bodilis	29	672 km NW	1,723	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Orgueil	82	326 km SW	1,720	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Périgneux	42	78 km S	1,621	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 14 %
Vergigny	89	205 km N	1,486	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Orgueil	82	326 km SW	1,720	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Villebernier	49	337 km NW	1,441	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Prée-d'Anjou	53	417 km NW	1,381	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 54 %
Bodilis	29	672 km NW	1,723	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 15 % · 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 Briennon'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
Quinssaines	03	123 km W	1,528	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Effiat	63	65 km W	1,124	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sermérieu	38	115 km SE	1,638	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Verzé	71	56 km NE	875	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Faverges-de-la-Tour	38	128 km SE	1,487	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Paslières	63	52 km SW	1,491	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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