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A town of 258 in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Brèves is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up a fifth of its housing. 37% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Brèves does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Brèves as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Léger, in Tannay, 3.6 mi away.
50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brèves.
People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, higher than both Nièvre’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 14% of the town. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Brèves | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.9% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
1.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nièvre’s towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,300 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Brèves didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Brèves recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Brèves is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brèves yet.
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Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Brèves is a commune of 258 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Nivernais-Val d'Yonne. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.