Brécey

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50074

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

Served 60.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brécey (INSEE 50074) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 2,172 (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/50074-brecey

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 9,082 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.57	10	5.7
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE MAELIS · LES PLAISIRS SUCRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (SOCIETE BAISNEE ET HARIVEL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT NICOLAS · L'AS GOURMAND · BRECEY KEBAB HOUSE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LA 2EME · LE CALVA D'OR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE JEANNE D'ARC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE AGUITON). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AURELIE HONORE-ZAHER, MÉDECIN · AUDE BOISAUBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRÉCEY JEAN DOLÉ). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (AGENCE DE BRECEY · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SEVERINE COIFFURE · UN NOUVEL HAIR · A UN CHEVEU DE SOI). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE MAELIS · LES PLAISIRS SUCRES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SOCIETE BAISNEE ET HARIVEL	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	3	LE P'TIT NICOLAS · L'AS GOURMAND · BRECEY KEBAB HOUSE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LA 2EME · LE CALVA D'OR	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE JEANNE D'ARC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PIERRE AGUITON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	AURELIE HONORE-ZAHER, MÉDECIN · AUDE BOISAUBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA SEE	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	BRECEY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRÉCEY JEAN DOLÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	AGENCE DE BRECEY · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	SEVERINE COIFFURE · UN NOUVEL HAIR · A UN CHEVEU DE SOI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Friday 7h à 13h. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,046 2023: 2,172 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,142 (2012) → 2,172 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,029 (1990) → 2,172 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,288, of which 6.8 % second homes and 7.8 % 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 (Brécey): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Brécey): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brécey): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Brécey): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRECEY weather station, 0.6 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 0.6 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,094 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRECEY, 0.6 km away at 63 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 — 50074/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.brecey.fr/— “Vendredi - 7h à 13h”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50074/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50074/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50074/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50074
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
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	78 km N	2,114	64.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Maubourguet	65	592 km S	2,242	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Tessy-Bocage	50	29 km N	2,217	67.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lessay	50	61 km NW	2,278	65.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	77 km E	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Tallard	05	727 km SE	2,292	74.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tessy-Bocage	50	29 km N	2,217	67.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lessay	50	61 km NW	2,278	65.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	77 km E	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	78 km N	2,114	64.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Maubourguet	65	592 km S	2,242	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Tallard	05	727 km SE	2,292	74.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 8 % · 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 Brécey'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
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	77 km E	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saëns	76	207 km NE	2,298	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fruges	62	310 km NE	2,362	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Malestroit	56	136 km SW	2,558	73	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chaulnes	80	312 km NE	1,969	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gacé	61	108 km E	1,766	66.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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