Bréau-Mars

Identity

Bréau-Mars (INSEE 30052) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pays Viganais. Population 689 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Mars (30157). ^[3]

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/30052-breau-mars

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 83 % of the 16,450 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE SEGONDY). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MIE GOURMANDE). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (LE CAMION DES DELICES · LA CRAVATE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 590 (2012) → 689 (2023): 16.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 446 (1990) → 689 (2023): 54.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 513, of which 34.1 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bréau-Mars): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bréau-Mars): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Vigan): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Vigan): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bréau-Mars): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE VIGAN weather station, 3.1 km away at 222 m; the village itself is at 367 m. ^[11]

The village sits 145 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTDARDIER, 4.7 km away at 640 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 273 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,471 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 16.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE VIGAN, 3.1 km away at 222 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30052/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30052/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30052/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30052/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30052
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30350
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024