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La Breille-les-Pins

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49045

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Breille-les-Pins (INSEE 49045) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 624 (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/49045-la-breille-les-pins

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 16,857 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8554.26

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 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 2 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 (LA MAISON DES PINS · BOURGEOIS). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE NOCTURNE). [4]

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

1 × Hotel (L'ORÉE DES BOIS). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES LOGES). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LA MAISON DES PINS · BOURGEOISINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE NOCTURNEINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1L'ORÉE DES BOISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DES LOGESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 334 2023: 624 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 585 (2012) → 624 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 345 (1990) → 624 (2023): 80.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 7.4 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.3 km S (Brain-sur-Allonnes)Pharmacy — 4.4 km S (Brain-sur-Allonnes)GP — 4.5 km S (Brain-sur-Allonnes)Bakery — 5.2 km N (Vernoil-le-Fourrier)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km SPharmacy — 4.4 km SGP — 4.5 km SBakery — 5.2 km N 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 (Vernoil-le-Fourrier): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brain-sur-Allonnes): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Brain-sur-Allonnes): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Brain-sur-Allonnes): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (La Breille-les-Pins): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 15 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 102 m. [11]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VERNANTES, 8.4 km away at 41 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49045/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49045/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49045/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49045/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49369
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49041
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49045
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Miannay80329 km N60434.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 95 %
Pauilhac32388 km S59639.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 97 %
Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges76237 km N60234Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Drachenbronn-Birlenbach67606 km E58133Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 %
Bovel35168 km NW61839.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 95 %
Gratot50224 km NW67939.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bovel35168 km NW61839.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 95 %
Gratot50224 km NW67939.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 91 %
Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges76237 km N60234Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Miannay80329 km N60434.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 95 %
Pauilhac32388 km S59639.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 97 %
Drachenbronn-Birlenbach67606 km E58133Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 %

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