Brielles

Ille-et-Vilaine · CA Vitré Communauté · INSEE 35042

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brielles (INSEE 35042) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CA Vitré Communauté. Population 692 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35042-brielles

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 16,447 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.3
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[4]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE BRIELLES). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (KARINE VF). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE BRIELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	KARINE VF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 582 peak 2012: 693 2023: 692 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 692 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 484 (1990) → 692 (2023): 43 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 317, of which 2.8 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km SWGP — 4.6 km SPharmacy — 5.0 km NEFood shop — 5.6 km SE 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 (Cuillé): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Poix): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cuillé): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Pertre): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Brielles): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARBRISSEL weather station, 17.9 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARBRISSEL, 17.9 km away at 75 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRIELLES, 0.4 km away at 91 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53250
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35042
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
Chenebier	70	584 km E	701	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-d'Heurs	63	422 km SE	703	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents	57	625 km E	670	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Quesques	62	371 km NE	720	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Marolles	41	183 km E	714	20.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vuillecin	25	569 km E	687	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marolles	41	183 km E	714	20.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Quesques	62	371 km NE	720	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Heurs	63	422 km SE	703	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vuillecin	25	569 km E	687	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Chenebier	70	584 km E	701	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents	57	625 km E	670	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Brielles'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
Fouju	77	293 km E	655	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Catenay	76	243 km NE	702	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Champdeuil	77	291 km E	739	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blangy-Tronville	80	330 km NE	613	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cierrey	27	205 km NE	805	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-d'Ennebourg	76	234 km NE	583	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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