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Brauvilliers

Meuse · CC des Portes de Meuse · INSEE 55075

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brauvilliers (INSEE 55075) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 159 (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/55075-brauvilliers

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 14,517 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.49104.88
Housing mix0.8654.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 196 2023: 159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 160 (2012) → 159 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 161 (1990) → 159 (2023): -1.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 7 % second homes and 14 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.2 km NW (Savonnières-en-Perthois)Bakery — 6.1 km SW (Bayard-sur-Marne)Food shop — 6.1 km NW (Cousances-les-Forges)GP — 6.2 km NW (Cousances-les-Forges)Pharmacy — 6.2 km NW (Cousances-les-Forges)
Primary school — 3.2 km NWBakery — 6.1 km SWFood shop — 6.1 km NWGP — 6.2 km NWPharmacy — 6.2 km NW 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 (Bayard-sur-Marne): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cousances-les-Forges): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Cousances-les-Forges): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Cousances-les-Forges): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Savonnières-en-Perthois): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55075/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55075/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55075/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55075/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52265
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55132
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55477

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
Velotte-et-Tatignécourt8883 km SE15811.4No daily shopsno figures
Beaucourt-en-Santerre80230 km NW16116.8No daily shopsno figures
Fresnes-sous-Coucy02169 km NW16012.1No daily shopsno figures
Aulx-lès-Cromary70152 km SE16012.8No daily shopsno figures
Viellenave-de-Navarrenx64741 km SW15810.2No daily shopsno figures
Tartiers02169 km NW1629.8No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Velotte-et-Tatignécourt8883 km SE15811.4No daily shopsno figures
Aulx-lès-Cromary70152 km SE16012.8No daily shopsno figures
Tartiers02169 km NW1629.8No daily shopsno figures
Fresnes-sous-Coucy02169 km NW16012.1No daily shopsno figures
Beaucourt-en-Santerre80230 km NW16116.8No daily shopsno figures
Viellenave-de-Navarrenx64741 km SW15810.2No daily shopsno figures

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