Brue-Auriac

Var · CC Provence Verdon · INSEE 83025

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brue-Auriac (INSEE 83025) is in Var (83), part of CC Provence Verdon. Population 1,463 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/83025-brue-auriac

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 11,818 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AMI DES PAINS · DELICES & FORMATIONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA RESERVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESCALE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NATH COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	L'AMI DES PAINS · DELICES & FORMATIONS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	2	LA RESERVE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ESCALE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BRUE AURIAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	NATH COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 425 2023: 1,463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,222 (2012) → 1,463 (2023): 19.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 630 (1990) → 1,463 (2023): 132.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 786, of which 9.4 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.2 km NEGP — 5.7 km NEPharmacy — 6.6 km S 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 (Brue-Auriac): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barjols): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Barjols): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bras): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brue-Auriac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 74.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 75 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 VARAGES weather station, 7.5 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 263 m. ^[11]

The village sits 85 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST MAXIMIN LA STE BAUME, 9.7 km away at 294 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BARJOLS, 5.7 km away at 267 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83012
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83021
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
Le Broc	06	103 km E	1,446	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Torcé-en-Vallée	72	669 km NW	1,397	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Sonzay	37	617 km NW	1,410	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Brussieu	69	271 km NW	1,382	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Corbières-en-Provence	04	31 km NW	1,317	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	682 km NW	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corbières-en-Provence	04	31 km NW	1,317	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Le Broc	06	103 km E	1,446	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Brussieu	69	271 km NW	1,382	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Sonzay	37	617 km NW	1,410	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Torcé-en-Vallée	72	669 km NW	1,397	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	682 km NW	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Brue-Auriac'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
Tavernes	83	9.2 km NE	1,492	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Correns	83	12 km E	886	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montfort-sur-Argens	83	15 km SE	1,453	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Varages	83	7.8 km N	1,177	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pontevès	83	7.3 km NE	784	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Barjols	83	5.9 km NE	2,984	71.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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