Brousse

Identity

Brousse (INSEE 63056) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 372 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/63056-brousse

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 18,071 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BROUSSE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 350 (2012) → 372 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 372 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 364, of which 30.5 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Brousse): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sugères): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sauxillanges): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne): 8.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Brousse): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CUNLHAT weather station, 8.5 km away at 700 m; the village itself is at 628 m. ^[12]

The village sits 72 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 ST-GERMAIN-L HE, 16.7 km away at 1,070 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 442 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CUNLHAT, 8.5 km away at 700 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 — 63056/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63056/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63056/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63056/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63056
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63423
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63415
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63334
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024