Le Brethon

Allier · CC du Pays de Tronçais · INSEE 03041

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 15.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Brethon (INSEE 03041) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays de Tronçais. Population 324 (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/03041-le-brethon

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,979 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.2
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE BRETHON AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (03 MOBIL' COIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JC VARENNES	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	LE BRETHON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	03 MOBIL' COIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 582 2023: 324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 347 (2012) → 324 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 324 (2023): -18 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 27.4 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 6.9 km SBakery — 8.5 km WFood shop — 8.6 km WPharmacy — 8.9 km NW 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 (Meaulne-Vitray): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meaulne-Vitray): 8.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hérisson): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meaulne-Vitray): 8.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Brethon): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 74.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the HERISSON weather station, 8.4 km away at 248 m; the village itself is at 344 m. ^[11]

The village sits 96 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CERILLY-GARENNE, 5.3 km away at 316 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 — 03041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03127
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03041
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
Montreuil-le-Henri	72	217 km NW	295	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Vérain	58	105 km N	349	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans	24	197 km SW	298	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 34 %
Montigny	18	74 km N	316	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 %
Néoux	23	81 km SW	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Lenax	03	89 km E	257	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montigny	18	74 km N	316	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 %
Néoux	23	81 km SW	279	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Lenax	03	89 km E	257	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Vérain	58	105 km N	349	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 69 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans	24	197 km SW	298	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 34 %
Montreuil-le-Henri	72	217 km NW	295	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %

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