Le Brignon

Identity

Le Brignon (INSEE 43039) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 617 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/43039-le-brignon

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,933 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ MONIQUE · A LA BONNE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 599 (2012) → 617 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 542 (1990) → 617 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 467, of which 24.2 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Brignon): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Solignac-sur-Loire): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Solignac-sur-Loire): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Solignac-sur-Loire): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Brignon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOLIGNAC-SUR-LO weather station, 4.3 km away at 832 m; the village itself is at 944 m. ^[10]

The village sits 112 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LANDOS-CHARBON, 9.1 km away at 1,148 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 204 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 746 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOLIGNAC-SUR-LO, 4.3 km away at 832 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

52 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 103,400 € — 1,088 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Haute-Loire is 1,165 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43039/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43039/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43039/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43039/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43039
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43241
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025