Bray-et-Lû

Val-d'Oise · CC du Vexin-Val de Seine · INSEE 95101

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

Partly served 47.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bray-et-Lû (INSEE 95101) is in Val-d'Oise (95), part of CC du Vexin-Val de Seine. Population 954 (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/95101-bray-et-lu

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 14,605 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	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.84	10	8.38
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BALBALI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES JARDINS D EPICURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ROSA BONHEUR). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORIN DANIEL ODOBASA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BRAY ET LU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRAY-ET-LU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NAT TIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES JARDINS D EPICURE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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	BALBALI	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	1	LES JARDINS D EPICURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'EPTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ROSA BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FLORIN DANIEL ODOBASA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BRAY ET LU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRAY-ET-LU	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	NAT TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES JARDINS D EPICURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 589 peak 2012: 965 2023: 954 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 965 (2012) → 954 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 713 (1990) → 954 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.9 km WPharmacy — 6.9 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 (Vexin-sur-Epte): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bray-et-Lû): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bray-et-Lû): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gasny): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bray-et-Lû): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62.8

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRAY-ET-LU weather station, 0.5 km away at 30 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at WY-DIT, 12.8 km away at 126 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 94 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRAY-ET-LU, 0.5 km away at 30 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 — 95101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 95101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27213
INSEE BPE 2025 — 95101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27279
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
Courcelles-sur-Nied	57	338 km E	1,194	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Ambonnay	51	183 km E	941	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Authume	39	362 km SE	906	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Deville	08	235 km E	998	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Artres	59	186 km NE	1,082	35	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Beton-Bazoches	77	126 km E	890	55.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beton-Bazoches	77	126 km E	890	55.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Ambonnay	51	183 km E	941	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Artres	59	186 km NE	1,082	35	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Deville	08	235 km E	998	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-sur-Nied	57	338 km E	1,194	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Authume	39	362 km SE	906	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · 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 Bray-et-Lû'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
Deville	08	235 km E	998	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bulles	60	60 km NE	830	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	144 km E	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Buironfosse	02	182 km NE	1,122	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Froissy	60	63 km NE	962	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Blénod-lès-Toul	54	311 km E	1,013	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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