Brû

Vosges · CC de la Région de Rambervillers · INSEE 88077

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

Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brû (INSEE 88077) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Région de Rambervillers. Population 567 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,378 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	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.34
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ JUL'INE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (JEMSERVICES - BOWL AND GO). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CHEZ JUL'INE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1	JEMSERVICES - BOWL AND GO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 493 peak 2007: 610 2023: 567 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 582 (2012) → 567 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 567 (2023): 13.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 5.8 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km SWGP — 3.5 km WPharmacy — 3.5 km W 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 (Brû): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rambervillers): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rambervillers): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rambervillers): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brû): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 76.3

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROVILLE weather station, 6.6 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 310 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROVILLE, 6.6 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROVILLE, 6.6 km away at 278 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 — 88077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88367
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-Pey-de-Castets	33	648 km SW	588	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 36 % · humidity 43 %
Argilly	21	189 km SW	542	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Thurac	47	652 km SW	563	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Gonsans	25	127 km S	554	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Blacourt	60	373 km W	592	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Aigues-Vives	09	702 km SW	625	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gonsans	25	127 km S	554	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Argilly	21	189 km SW	542	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Blacourt	60	373 km W	592	41.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pey-de-Castets	33	648 km SW	588	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 36 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Jean-de-Thurac	47	652 km SW	563	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 %
Aigues-Vives	09	702 km SW	625	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Brû'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
Gonsans	25	127 km S	554	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Thiaville-sur-Meurthe	54	12 km NE	597	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Climbach	67	114 km NE	479	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Baffe	88	22 km S	631	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Berthelming	57	57 km NE	509	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine	51	177 km NW	685	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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