Brillon-en-Barrois
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Brillon-en-Barrois (INSEE 55079) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 704 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 16,378 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.17 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.87 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MILLOT). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-LOUIS GRESIL). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BRILLON EN BARROIS AP). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MILLOT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-LOUIS GRESIL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | BRILLON EN BARROIS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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
Population 606 (2012) → 704 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 630 (1990) → 704 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 1.3 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Brillon-en-Barrois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Haironville): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (L'Isle-en-Rigault): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Robert-Espagne): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Brillon-en-Barrois): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BEHONNE_SAPC weather station, 11.6 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 245 m. [12]
The village sits 56 m below 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 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VASSINCOURT, 11.7 km away at 187 m, over 19 summers. [12]
That station sits 58 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 1,033 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SAUDRUPT, 2.4 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55079/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55079/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55079/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55079/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55079
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55224
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55296
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55435
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condé-sur-Marne | 51 | 76 km NW | 747 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courbillac | 16 | 515 km SW | 725 | 32.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Hauts-de-Chée | 55 | 18 km N | 693 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fendeille | 11 | 652 km SW | 658 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 % |
| Les Essards | 17 | 548 km SW | 740 | 32.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Greneville-en-Beauce | 45 | 228 km W | 654 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Hauts-de-Chée | 55 | 18 km N | 693 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condé-sur-Marne | 51 | 76 km NW | 747 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Greneville-en-Beauce | 45 | 228 km W | 654 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 % |
| Courbillac | 16 | 515 km SW | 725 | 32.7 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Essards | 17 | 548 km SW | 740 | 32.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fendeille | 11 | 652 km SW | 658 | 32.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Brillon-en-Barrois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condé-sur-Marne | 51 | 76 km NW | 747 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Hauts-de-Chée | 55 | 18 km N | 693 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin | 37 | 368 km SW | 688 | 30.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brosville | 27 | 294 km W | 670 | 28.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-Marmery | 51 | 81 km NW | 579 | 27.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Torcenay | 52 | 103 km S | 546 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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