Brix

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50087

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

Partly served 53.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brix (INSEE 50087) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 2,165 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50087-brix

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 9,095 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.84
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE AU PAIN DORE · LE FOUR DE BRIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BOSQUET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CAVE DU ROI). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE KINTANA · L'HORIZON). ^[4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE PILORGET, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE ROUMEUR, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LAGON, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE GEFFRAY, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE SIMON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRIX RP SNC L HORIZON RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRIX). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (AMBITION COIFFURE / ESTHETIQUE · LINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL L'EDEN). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE AU PAIN DORE · LE FOUR DE BRIX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL BOSQUET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	LA CAVE DU ROI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE KINTANA · L'HORIZON	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	5	AURELIE PILORGET, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE ROUMEUR, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LAGON, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE GEFFRAY, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE SIMON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BRIX	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	BRIX RP SNC L HORIZON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRIX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	AMBITION COIFFURE / ESTHETIQUE · LINE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL L'EDEN	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,357 2023: 2,165 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,096 (2012) → 2,165 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,828 (1990) → 2,165 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 996, of which 3.7 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km SW 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 (Brix): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Brix): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Brix): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 34.5

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VALOGNES weather station, 6.1 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[9]

The village sits 85 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 6.1 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 85 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,077 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VALOGNES, 6.1 km away at 61 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 — 50087/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50087/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50087/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50087/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50087
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
Val d'Arry	14	87 km SE	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Terre	33	536 km S	1,883	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
La Couture	62	328 km E	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	174 km E	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nomain	59	361 km E	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	645 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val d'Arry	14	87 km SE	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	174 km E	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	328 km E	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Nomain	59	361 km E	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Terre	33	536 km S	1,883	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	645 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Brix'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
Val d'Arry	14	87 km SE	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Meillac	35	127 km S	1,974	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Plouezoc'h	29	192 km SW	1,646	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Helfaut	62	301 km NE	1,724	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	205 km SW	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rédené	29	233 km SW	3,043	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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