Brousse

Identity

Brousse (INSEE 81040) is in Tarn (81), part of CC du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. Population 438 (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/81040-brousse

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,909 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA ROULOTTE D'ALEX). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 403 (2012) → 438 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 233 (1990) → 438 (2023): 88 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 198, of which 1.5 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lautrec): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lautrec): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lautrec): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Graulhet): 7.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brousse): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAVAUR weather station, 16.8 km away at 131 m; the village itself is at 272 m. ^[11]

The village sits 141 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °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 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 16.8 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 141 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GRAULHET, 7.7 km away at 167 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 — 81040/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81040/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81040/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81040/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81139
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81105
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 81040
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024