Brieuil-sur-Chizé
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Brieuil-sur-Chizé (INSEE 79055) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Mellois en Poitou. Population 86 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 9,143 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.62 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 109 (2012) → 86 (2023): -21.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 74 (1990) → 86 (2023): 16.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 33, of which 9.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chizé): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chizé): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Chizé): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chizé): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chizé): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CHIZE weather station, 6.4 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 44 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MELLE, 17.9 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 92 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHIZE, 6.4 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
5 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 130,000 € — 1,182 € per m² of built surface. [10]
The median across Deux-Sèvres is 1,143 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [10]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79055/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79055/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79055/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79055/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79090
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barville | 27 | 343 km N | 86 | 16 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pouze | 31 | 333 km SE | 89 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pouy-Loubrin | 32 | 305 km S | 85 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Peyregoux | 81 | 335 km SE | 86 | 13 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Baudrecourt | 52 | 472 km NE | 84 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Tendron | 18 | 260 km E | 86 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendron | 18 | 260 km E | 86 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pouy-Loubrin | 32 | 305 km S | 85 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pouze | 31 | 333 km SE | 89 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peyregoux | 81 | 335 km SE | 86 | 13 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Barville | 27 | 343 km N | 86 | 16 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Baudrecourt | 52 | 472 km NE | 84 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Brieuil-sur-Chizé'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentous | 65 | 323 km S | 81 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monties | 32 | 314 km S | 83 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cazaril-Tambourès | 31 | 334 km S | 89 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Peyrouzet | 31 | 337 km S | 81 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lalanne | 65 | 325 km S | 99 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tournous-Devant | 65 | 325 km S | 87 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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