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Brezolles

Eure-et-Loir · CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux · INSEE 28059

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

Partly served 53.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brezolles (INSEE 28059) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Agglo du Pays de Dreux. Population 1,785 (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/28059-brezolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 10,369 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.55105.53
Housing mix0.9354.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE GAC GAETAN). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DICAYRON · EVB). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SNACK PLUS · ANDIAMO PIZZA). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE SULKY BAR · CAFE DE PARIS). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MAURICE DE VLAMINCK). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOMINIQUE TIERCELIN, MÉDECIN · MARC PERBOST, MÉDECIN · FREDERIQUE LANGLAIS-PERBOST, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MARETTE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BREZOLLES). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MARTIAL TAUGOURDEAU). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (BARBER SHOP BREZOLLES). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DES CARNUTES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE GAC GAETANINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2DICAYRON · EVBINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2SNACK PLUS · ANDIAMO PIZZAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE SULKY BAR · CAFE DE PARISINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE MAURICE DE VLAMINCKINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3DOMINIQUE TIERCELIN, MÉDECIN · MARC PERBOST, MÉDECIN · FREDERIQUE LANGLAIS-PERBOST, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE MARETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BREZOLLESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE MARTIAL TAUGOURDEAUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT VAL FRANCEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser2BARBER SHOP BREZOLLESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1LE RELAIS DES CARNUTESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,138 peak 2012: 1,901 2023: 1,785 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,901 (2012) → 1,785 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,695 (1990) → 1,785 (2023): 5.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 835, of which 3.5 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Brezolles): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brezolles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Brezolles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Brezolles): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Brezolles): 0.2 km to the north (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LAONS weather station, 7.6 km away at 171 m; the village itself is at 163 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LAONS, 7.6 km away at 171 m, over 19 summers. [9]

An average of 561 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 5.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LAONS, 7.6 km away at 171 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28059/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28059/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28059/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28059/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28059
  9. 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
Vaucouleurs55338 km E1,90650.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Le Faou29389 km W1,91162ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Cérences50185 km W1,85252.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Beaune-la-Rolande45122 km SE1,99254.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay42386 km SE1,97961.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Bayon54387 km E1,56153Partly servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beaune-la-Rolande45122 km SE1,99254.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Cérences50185 km W1,85252.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Vaucouleurs55338 km E1,90650.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay42386 km SE1,97961.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 7 %
Bayon54387 km E1,56153Partly servedno figures
Le Faou29389 km W1,91162ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · 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 Brezolles'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
Senones88436 km E2,20553.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Marle02228 km NE2,22955.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Solre-le-Château59274 km NE1,79653.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Estissac10207 km E1,76351.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gacé6158 km W1,76666.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Fleury-sur-Andelle2777 km N1,80157.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %