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Mesnil-Bruntel

Somme · CC de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel) · INSEE 80536

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

Few services 27.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mesnil-Bruntel (INSEE 80536) is in Somme (80), part of CC de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel). Population 290 (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/80536-mesnil-bruntel

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,798 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.35103.5
Housing mix0.9554.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ JACKIE · LE MESNIL). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CHEZ JACKIE · LE MESNILINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 259 peak 1990: 341 2023: 290 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 300 (2012) → 290 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 341 (1990) → 290 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 154, of which 2.6 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.6 km NW (Péronne)Bakery — 2.9 km SW (Brie)GP — 3.9 km NW (Péronne)Pharmacy — 4.1 km NW (Péronne)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.6 km NWBakery — 2.9 km SWGP — 3.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.1 km NW 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 (Brie): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Péronne): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Péronne): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Péronne): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Mesnil-Bruntel): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ESTREES-MONS-INRAE weather station, 5.6 km away at 87 m; the village itself is at 55 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ESTREES-MONS-INRAE, 5.6 km away at 87 m, over 22 summers. [11]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VILLERS-CARBONNEL, 5 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80536/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80536/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80536/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80536/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80141
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80620
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80536
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Tranclière01454 km SE29027.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Loudrefing57306 km E29028.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Gonnelieu5923 km NE27929.4Few servicesno figures
Le Plessis-l'Évêque77100 km S29130.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Épineuse6063 km SW28128.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Gauchin-Légal6264 km NW29626.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gonnelieu5923 km NE27929.4Few servicesno figures
Épineuse6063 km SW28128.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Gauchin-Légal6264 km NW29626.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plessis-l'Évêque77100 km S29130.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Loudrefing57306 km E29028.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
La Tranclière01454 km SE29027.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Mesnil-Bruntel'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gauchin-Légal6264 km NW29626.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chennevières-lès-Louvres9599 km S28231.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gobert0263 km E28125.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Burbach67320 km E28025.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly-au-Bois6236 km NW28525.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Contay8036 km W30525.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %