Breteil

Ille-et-Vilaine · CC Montfort Communauté · INSEE 35040

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

Few services 37.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Breteil (INSEE 35040) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Montfort Communauté. Population 3,675 (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/35040-breteil

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 6,043 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.82	10	8.18
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

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 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON BRIAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MONTFORT FORCE UNIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A TRATTORIA · KINGYO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES 3 RIVIERES). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE 3 RIVIERES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURE FIQUET, MÉDECIN · BEATRICE NEGARET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS TANGUY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BRETEIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (LA CÉDILLE MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRETEIL). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE ROSE & JULIE · LES CREATIONS D ALEXIA). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON BRIAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	MONTFORT FORCE UNIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	A TRATTORIA · KINGYO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES 3 RIVIERES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE 3 RIVIERES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LAURE FIQUET, MÉDECIN · BEATRICE NEGARET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS TANGUY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BRETEIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BRETEIL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LA CÉDILLE MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BRETEIL	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	3	LE SALON DE ROSE & JULIE · LES CREATIONS D ALEXIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday Place de la Mairie - 35160 BRETEIL / Place de l'Eglise - 35160 BRETEIL. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 833 2023: 3,675 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,442 (2012) → 3,675 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,788 (1990) → 3,675 (2023): 31.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,649, of which 1.2 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Breteil): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Breteil): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Breteil): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Primary school (Breteil): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 9.5 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 9.5 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 9.5 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35040/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.breteil.bzh/mes-demarches/tarifs-municipaux-breteil/— “marché hebdomadaire le samedi matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35040/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35040/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35040/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35040
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
Étrépagny	27	288 km NE	3,670	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 %
Ardentes	36	321 km SE	3,715	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Peyrehorade	40	515 km S	3,700	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Étain	55	566 km E	3,375	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Gallardon	28	269 km E	3,530	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans	33	396 km S	3,409	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gallardon	28	269 km E	3,530	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Étrépagny	27	288 km NE	3,670	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 %
Ardentes	36	321 km SE	3,715	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans	33	396 km S	3,409	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Peyrehorade	40	515 km S	3,700	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 0 %
Étain	55	566 km E	3,375	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · 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 Breteil'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
Flixecourt	80	357 km NE	3,221	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin	60	363 km E	4,258	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Paimbœuf	44	96 km S	3,045	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Estrées-Saint-Denis	60	362 km NE	3,664	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Geneston	44	125 km S	3,685	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lumbres	62	407 km NE	3,579	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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