Brûlain

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Niortais · INSEE 79058

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brûlain (INSEE 79058) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Niortais. Population 735 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79058-brulain

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 16,181 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.06
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (EDEN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BRULAIN 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	1	EDEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 589 peak 2017: 757 2023: 735 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 702 (2012) → 735 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 563 (1990) → 735 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 4.4 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.9 km SFood shop — 5.3 km EPharmacy — 5.3 km EGP — 6.7 km N 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 (Secondigné-sur-Belle): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Périgné): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Prahecq): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Périgné): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brûlain): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22

Days at or below 0 °C 54.8

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHIZE weather station, 9.9 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MELLE, 13.4 km away at 136 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 794 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHIZE, 9.9 km away at 69 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 — 79058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79058
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
Grandvillers	88	574 km NE	716	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Cybardeaux	16	53 km SE	771	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Lesquielles-Saint-Germain	02	507 km NE	754	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Ours	73	489 km E	775	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux	38	446 km E	786	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Martainville-Épreville	76	382 km N	746	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Cybardeaux	16	53 km SE	771	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Martainville-Épreville	76	382 km N	746	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux	38	446 km E	786	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Ours	73	489 km E	775	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Lesquielles-Saint-Germain	02	507 km NE	754	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Grandvillers	88	574 km NE	716	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · 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 Brûlain'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
Saint-Just	18	233 km NE	656	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Archingeay	17	42 km SW	765	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Fermeté	58	292 km E	617	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Réparsac	16	53 km S	631	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Vandeins	01	415 km E	732	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Tillenay	21	446 km E	743	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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