Brantes

Identity

Brantes (INSEE 84021) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Vaison Ventoux. 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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/84021-brantes

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LES BONS PETITS PLATS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 81 (2012) → 86 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 63 (1990) → 86 (2023): 36.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 59.6 % second homes and 1.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Savoillan): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plaisians): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montbrun-les-Bains): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montbrun-les-Bains): 8.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montbrun-les-Bains): 9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 98 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAVOILLAN weather station, 3.6 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 525 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PUYMERAS, 19.4 km away at 392 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 133 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,041 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAVOILLAN, 3.6 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 245,000 € — 1,267 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Vaucluse is 2,599 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84021/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84021/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84021/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84021/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84125
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26239
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26193
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025