Le Brugeron

Identity

Le Brugeron (INSEE 63057) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Ambert Livradois Forez. Population 256 (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/63057-le-brugeron

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,315 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) (AU PLAISIR DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE BRUGERON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU BRUGERON). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL GAUDON). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE CUBE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 251 (2012) → 256 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 359 (1990) → 256 (2023): -28.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 371, of which 59 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Brugeron): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vertolaye): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vertolaye): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Augerolles): 8.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Brugeron): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COL DU BEAL weather station, 5.6 km away at 1,393 m; the village itself is at 850 m. ^[11]

The village sits 543 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COL DU BEAL, 5.6 km away at 1,393 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 543 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,286 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA RENAUDIE, 3.5 km away at 805 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 91,251 € — 1,058 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Puy-de-Dôme is 1,487 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63057/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63057/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63057/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63057/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63057
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63454
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63016
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025