Brux

Vienne · CC du Civraisien en Poitou · INSEE 86039

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brux (INSEE 86039) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Civraisien en Poitou. Population 777 (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/86039-brux

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 15,828 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.21
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (A L'EPOQUE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRUX RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRUX). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	A L'EPOQUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MIRONNEAU	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	BRUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRUX	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 881 2023: 777 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 722 (2012) → 777 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 693 (1990) → 777 (2023): 12.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 448, of which 6.9 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.7 km SWBakery — 3.9 km SWGP — 3.9 km SW 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 (Chaunay): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brux): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaunay): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chaunay): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 33.8

Muggy days a summer 4

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRUX_SAPC weather station, 4.5 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COUHE, 5.4 km away at 149 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRUX_SAPC, 4.5 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86068
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86039
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
Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine	53	237 km N	797	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Larchamp	53	253 km N	1,001	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze	01	375 km E	762	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 61 %
Thourie	35	220 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	104 km NW	895	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	296 km N	957	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	104 km NW	895	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Thourie	35	220 km NW	868	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine	53	237 km N	797	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Larchamp	53	253 km N	1,001	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	296 km N	957	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze	01	375 km E	762	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 61 %

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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 Brux'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
Boisredon	17	117 km SW	711	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Salon-la-Tour	19	132 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lye	36	147 km NE	758	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bueil-en-Touraine	37	159 km N	323	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sillars	86	49 km NE	584	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vernoux-en-Gâtine	79	70 km NW	592	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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