Brax

Lot-et-Garonne · CA Agglomération d'Agen · INSEE 47040

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

Partly served 48.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brax (INSEE 47040) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CA Agglomération d'Agen. Population 2,098 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/47040-brax

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 9,286 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (AU FOURNIL DE BRAX). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BRIZARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (DISTRIBRAX). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PASTA PIZZA · LA CLAIE DES VERGERS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID MANGARON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (FEE DE LA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AU COLOMBIER DU TOURON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL DE BRAX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE BRIZARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	DISTRIBRAX	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	3	PASTA PIZZA · LA CLAIE DES VERGERS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	1	DAVID MANGARON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BRAX	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF CLAUDE CASSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	FEE DE LA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	AU COLOMBIER DU TOURON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 675 2023: 2,098 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,946 (2012) → 2,098 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,370 (1990) → 2,098 (2023): 53.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 969, of which 1 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SEPharmacy — 0.5 km SEGP — 0.6 km SE 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 (Brax): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brax): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brax): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brax): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 34

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AGEN-LA GARENNE weather station, 5 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AGEN-LA GARENNE, 5 km away at 58 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at COLAYRAC-ST-CIR, 2.7 km away at 43 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 — 47040/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47040/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47040/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47040/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47040
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
Mons-en-Pévèle	59	724 km N	2,075	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Roquefort	47	3.3 km S	2,078	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fains-Véel	55	618 km NE	2,080	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Avanne-Aveney	25	536 km NE	2,256	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Durtol	63	265 km NE	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Cambes	33	100 km NW	1,897	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roquefort	47	3.3 km S	2,078	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cambes	33	100 km NW	1,897	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Durtol	63	265 km NE	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Avanne-Aveney	25	536 km NE	2,256	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Fains-Véel	55	618 km NE	2,080	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Mons-en-Pévèle	59	724 km N	2,075	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Brax'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
Roquefort	47	3.3 km S	2,078	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lacroix-Falgarde	31	104 km SE	2,030	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lapeyrouse-Fossat	31	96 km SE	3,043	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Loire-sur-Rhône	69	368 km NE	2,746	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas	31	93 km SE	2,334	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montrabé	31	100 km SE	4,473	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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