Brélès

Finistère · CC du Pays d'Iroise · INSEE 29017

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

Partly served 41.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brélès (INSEE 29017) is in Finistère (29), part of CC du Pays d'Iroise. Population 868 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

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/29017-breles

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 15,174 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.64	10	6.38
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (KORRIGAN). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT HENRI). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	KORRIGAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT HENRI	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	BRELES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 624 peak 2017: 875 2023: 868 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 846 (2012) → 868 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 763 (1990) → 868 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 413, of which 5.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km WGP — 3.2 km WPharmacy — 4.8 km SWBakery — 4.9 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 (Lampaul-Plouarzel): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lanildut): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lanildut): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lampaul-Plouarzel): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brélès): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 6.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PLOUDALMEZEAU weather station, 8.6 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at PLOUDALMEZEAU, 8.6 km away at 40 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,091 mm of rain a year, spread over 159 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLOURIN-PLOUDAL, 3.9 km away at 67 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 — 29017/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29017/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29017/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 29017/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29017
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
Labarthe-Inard	31	736 km SE	871	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Ciry-Salsogne	02	605 km E	882	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Noailles	19	605 km SE	945	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Claveyson	26	819 km SE	934	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Villemade	82	672 km SE	834	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Artonne	63	654 km E	912	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noailles	19	605 km SE	945	45.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Ciry-Salsogne	02	605 km E	882	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Artonne	63	654 km E	912	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Villemade	82	672 km SE	834	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Labarthe-Inard	31	736 km SE	871	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Claveyson	26	819 km SE	934	46.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · 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 Brélès'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
Saint-Derrien	29	40 km E	861	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Plouëc-du-Trieux	22	114 km E	1,140	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tourch	29	83 km SE	1,002	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Boqueho	22	129 km E	1,054	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Sève	29	62 km E	1,077	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Frégant	29	29 km NE	874	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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