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Breteuil

Eure · CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure · INSEE 27112

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

Partly served 50.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Breteuil (INSEE 27112) is in Eure (27), part of CC Interco Normandie Sud Eure. Population 4,282 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Cintray (27159), La Guéroulde (27305). [3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/27112-breteuil

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 47 % of the 5,342 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 food0.422510.39
Social0.82016.03
Education0.39103.93
Health0.22102.21
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.5105
Housing mix0.8254.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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. [4,5]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LEDUC MARIE-JOSE · LE SESAME DE L'ITON · LE FOURNIL DE SVEN · BOULANGERIE BINET). [4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU CENTRE). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). [4,5]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKET). [4,5]

7 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE 98 · LA TOUR DE PIZZ · PAMUKKALE · PRESTO PIZZA · AIT). [4,5]

6 × Café / bar (LE MARYLAND · L'OLYMPIC · LE CADRE NOIR · L'ENTRE-POTES). [5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GUY DE MAUPASSANT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE EVARISTE GALOIS). [4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC WURSTHORN, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE KIOSQUE). [4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF GEORGES SCHIFFMACHER). [4]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUT BRETEUIL · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE-SEINE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST). [4]

6 × Hairdresser (NUANCE COIFFURE · DUBOSC SYLVAINE · SALON FABIEN BRISSET · LES CISEAUX DE CHARLEYNE). [4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES BERGES DE L'ITON). [4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)4LEDUC MARIE-JOSE · LE SESAME DE L'ITON · LE FOURNIL DE SVEN · BOULANGERIE BINETINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE DU CENTREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1COCCI MARKETINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket2ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR MARKETINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant7RESTAURANT LE 98 · LA TOUR DE PIZZ · PAMUKKALE · PRESTO PIZZA · AITINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [4,5]
Café / bar6LE MARYLAND · L'OLYMPIC · LE CADRE NOIR · L'ENTRE-POTESINSEE SIRENE 6 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GUY DE MAUPASSANT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège1COLLEGE EVARISTE GALOISINSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)1MARC WURSTHORN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE CENTRALEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE LE KIOSQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF GEORGES SCHIFFMACHERINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank3CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRIC MUT BRETEUIL · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE-SEINE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUESTINSEE BPE 3 [4]
Hairdresser6NUANCE COIFFURE · DUBOSC SYLVAINE · SALON FABIEN BRISSET · LES CISEAUX DE CHARLEYNEINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite1CAMPING DES BERGES DE L'ITONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 3,976 peak 2012: 4,553 2023: 4,282 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,553 (2012) → 4,282 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 4,280 (1990) → 4,282 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,484, of which 9 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.7 km NW (Breteuil)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.7 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 (Breteuil): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Breteuil): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Breteuil): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Breteuil): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Breteuil): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRETEUIL weather station, 0.4 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 170 m. [10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BRETEUIL, 0.4 km away at 168 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27112/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27112/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27112/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27112/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27112
  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
Pontorson50181 km W4,28056.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 %
Le Val-d'Ajol88424 km E3,88555.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 72 %
Domfront en Poiraie61118 km W4,11351.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Plomelin29387 km W4,23941.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Just-Malmont43466 km SE4,23948.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Tinchebray-Bocage61121 km W4,81350.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Domfront en Poiraie61118 km W4,11351.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Tinchebray-Bocage61121 km W4,81350.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Pontorson50181 km W4,28056.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 %
Plomelin29387 km W4,23941.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %
Le Val-d'Ajol88424 km E3,88555.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Just-Malmont43466 km SE4,23948.3Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %

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