Brécé

Ille-et-Vilaine · Rennes Métropole · INSEE 35039

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brécé (INSEE 35039) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of Rennes Métropole. Population 2,232 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35039-brece

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 8,885 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LA ROCHE AUX FEES · SARL PMA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL LA GALETTE BRECEENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE VENT DE CULTURE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ART DU CISEAU). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DE LA ROCHE AUX FEES · SARL PMA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	SARL LA GALETTE BRECEENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE VENT DE CULTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'ART DU CISEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 454 2023: 2,232 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,005 (2012) → 2,232 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,128 (1990) → 2,232 (2023): 97.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 901, of which 0.7 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 1.8 km NEFood shop — 2.1 km NEPharmacy — 3.0 km W 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 (Brécé): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Servon-sur-Vilaine): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Servon-sur-Vilaine): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Noyal-sur-Vilaine): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brécé): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 29.7

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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

Measured at the RENNES-ST JACQUES weather station, 19.2 km away at 36 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RENNES-ST JACQUES, 19.2 km away at 36 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRECE, 0.4 km away at 53 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 — 35039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35207
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
Chuzelles	38	559 km SE	2,366	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	17	212 km S	2,150	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Thurial	35	35 km W	2,184	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay-lès-Briis	91	275 km E	2,350	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Volstroff	57	583 km E	2,044	46	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Villevaudé	77	318 km E	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Thurial	35	35 km W	2,184	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis	17	212 km S	2,150	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Fontenay-lès-Briis	91	275 km E	2,350	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Villevaudé	77	318 km E	2,132	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Chuzelles	38	559 km SE	2,366	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Volstroff	57	583 km E	2,044	46	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %

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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 Brécé'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-Thurial	35	35 km W	2,184	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Locmaria-Grand-Champ	56	105 km W	1,855	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Laize-Clinchamps	14	135 km NE	2,155	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nostang	56	133 km W	1,676	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup	35	19 km SW	1,912	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lassy	35	33 km SW	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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