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Brimont

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51088

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brimont (INSEE 51088) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 453 (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/51088-brimont

Vitality score

Vitality score 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,915 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.49104.91
Housing mix0.9154.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MASSIN KEITLEEN). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1MASSIN KEITLEENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 296 peak 1990: 457 2023: 453 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 443 (2012) → 453 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 457 (1990) → 453 (2023): -0.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 206, of which 4.4 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.5 km SW (Courcy)GP — 2.5 km SW (Courcy)Food shop — 3.1 km W (Loivre)Pharmacy — 5.7 km SW (Saint-Thierry)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SWGP — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 3.1 km WPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Courcy): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Loivre): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Courcy): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Thierry): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Brimont): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the REIMS-COURCY weather station, 4.2 km away at 91 m; the village itself is at 143 m. [12]

The village sits 52 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at REIMS-COURCY, 4.2 km away at 91 m, over 17 summers. [12]

That station sits 52 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 628 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at REIMS-COURCY, 4.2 km away at 91 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51088/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51088/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51088/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51088/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51183
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51329
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51518
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51088
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aulnois-en-Perthois55113 km SE46227.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Ville-le-Marclet80159 km NW46127.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Baigneaux33605 km SW45132.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
La Haie-Traversaine53356 km W46828.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Dénezé-sous-Doué49394 km SW44431.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Palleville81667 km S45131.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aulnois-en-Perthois55113 km SE46227.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Ville-le-Marclet80159 km NW46127.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
La Haie-Traversaine53356 km W46828.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Dénezé-sous-Doué49394 km SW44431.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Baigneaux33605 km SW45132.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Palleville81667 km S45131.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Brimont'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rosnay5115 km SW42332Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Crèvecœur-en-Brie77104 km SW43732.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mennessis0267 km NW41927.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Essuiles60128 km W50532.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque90300 km SE42729.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Airion60117 km W40924.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %