Briouze

Orne · CA Flers Agglo · INSEE 61063

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

Served 64.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Briouze (INSEE 61063) is in Orne (61), part of CA Flers Agglo. Population 1,512 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/61063-briouze

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 11,575 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.7	10	7.04
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.12
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EN UN ECLAIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LA BRIOUZAINE · COCCINELLE EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ATALAY KEBAB · DONATELLO PIZZA · LIDENBROCK). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE BAR DU CENTRE · LA SUPEE · CHEZ VANES'). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIMAIRE GRAND HA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME -SAINT LOUIS). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU HOULME). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCALE LE MOING, MÉDECIN · MARIE HAYES, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE BOGENSCHUTZ-KEITA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BRIOUZAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU HOULME). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS · SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF · LAURY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL SOPHIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EN UN ECLAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LA BRIOUZAINE · COCCINELLE EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	ATALAY KEBAB · DONATELLO PIZZA · LIDENBROCK	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE BAR DU CENTRE · LA SUPEE · CHEZ VANES'	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIMAIRE GRAND HA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME -SAINT LOUIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU HOULME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PASCALE LE MOING, MÉDECIN · MARIE HAYES, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE BOGENSCHUTZ-KEITA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE BRIOUZAINE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DU HOULME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLE MULTISPORTS · SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	CREA'TIF · LAURY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL SOPHIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,685 peak 1975: 1,703 2023: 1,512 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,565 (2012) → 1,512 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,658 (1990) → 1,512 (2023): -8.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 863, of which 3.5 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 11.6 km NE 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 (Briouze): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Briouze): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Briouze): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Putanges-le-Lac): 11.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 53.4

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRIOUZE weather station, 0.3 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FLERS, 17.4 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRIOUZE, 0.3 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61063
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61339
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
Rabastens-de-Bigorre	65	592 km S	1,483	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Bollezeele	59	309 km NE	1,445	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Villersexel	70	520 km E	1,431	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Aubigny-en-Artois	62	282 km NE	1,489	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Bocage	80	242 km NE	1,545	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mervans	71	466 km SE	1,485	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villers-Bocage	80	242 km NE	1,545	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aubigny-en-Artois	62	282 km NE	1,489	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bollezeele	59	309 km NE	1,445	57.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Mervans	71	466 km SE	1,485	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 81 %
Villersexel	70	520 km E	1,431	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Rabastens-de-Bigorre	65	592 km S	1,483	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 93 % · 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 Briouze'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
Villers-Bocage	80	242 km NE	1,545	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Licques	62	285 km NE	1,679	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bruyères-et-Montbérault	02	307 km E	1,411	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly-en-Auxois	21	400 km E	1,533	66.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cormicy	51	320 km E	1,500	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lassigny	60	253 km NE	1,469	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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