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Brannay

Yonne · CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne · INSEE 89054

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brannay (INSEE 89054) is in Yonne (89), part of CC du Gâtinais en Bourgogne. Population 773 (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/89054-brannay

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 15,843 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.3551.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL BRANNAYSIEN). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL BRANNAYSIENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BRANNAY RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 282 peak 2012: 792 2023: 773 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 792 (2012) → 773 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 434 (1990) → 773 (2023): 78.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 582, of which 32.3 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.0 km S (Saint-Valérien)GP — 6.1 km S (Saint-Valérien)Pharmacy — 6.1 km S (Saint-Valérien)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.0 km SGP — 6.1 km SPharmacy — 6.1 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 (Brannay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Valérien): 6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Valérien): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Valérien): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Brannay): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SENS weather station, 14.5 km away at 70 m; the village itself is at 148 m. [10]

The village sits 78 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]

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

Humidity measured at SENS, 14.5 km away at 70 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 78 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VILLETHIERRY, 4.8 km away at 154 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89054/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89054/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89054/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 89054/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89054
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 89370
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Autruy-sur-Juine4576 km W74522.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne71180 km SE82728.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Goazec29512 km W73939.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Arras-en-Lavedan65635 km SW50127.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Brénod01306 km SE57632.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Serres-sur-Arget09598 km S81932Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Autruy-sur-Juine4576 km W74522.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne71180 km SE82728.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Brénod01306 km SE57632.3Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Goazec29512 km W73939.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-sur-Arget09598 km S81932Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Arras-en-Lavedan65635 km SW50127.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %

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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 Brannay'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne71180 km SE82728.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Broye71175 km SE76021.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois41156 km SW77428Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Champlost8947 km SE76735.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Herry18114 km S95833.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Corvol-l'Orgueilleux5892 km S72142.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %