Brouains

Identity

Brouains (INSEE 50088) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 140 (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/50088-brouains

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 13,571 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ENVIAGE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 181 (2012) → 140 (2023): -22.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 140 (2023): -42.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 154, of which 44.2 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Barthélemy): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brouains): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sourdeval): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sourdeval): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sourdeval): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 12.3 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[11]

The village sits 68 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 15 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 137 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,427 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GATHEMO, 5.1 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 100,700 € — 527 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 50088/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50088/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50088/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50088/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50450
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50088
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50582
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025