Brecé

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53042

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brecé (INSEE 53042) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 821 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/53042-brece

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,487 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.45	10	4.49
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HOOL TRACIE ANNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE N-D DE PONTMAIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN DE SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / 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	HOOL TRACIE ANNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE N-D DE PONTMAIN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	TERRAIN DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,125 2023: 821 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 824 (2012) → 821 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 865 (1990) → 821 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 465, of which 12.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km NWBakery — 1.6 km NWPharmacy — 1.9 km NWGP — 2.1 km NW 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 (Gorron): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gorron): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gorron): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gorron): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brecé): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 14.8 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 17.2 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 943 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRECE, 0.4 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53042
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
Quins	12	523 km SE	908	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Le Busseau	79	203 km S	734	32.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Beugnon-Thireuil	79	206 km S	735	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Parly	89	315 km E	817	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Blanzay	86	257 km S	819	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Puycornet	82	499 km S	785	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Busseau	79	203 km S	734	32.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Beugnon-Thireuil	79	206 km S	735	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Blanzay	86	257 km S	819	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Parly	89	315 km E	817	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Puycornet	82	499 km S	785	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Quins	12	523 km SE	908	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %

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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 Brecé'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
Beugnon-Thireuil	79	206 km S	735	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Laurenan	22	131 km W	744	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Blandouet-Saint Jean	53	50 km SE	554	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monteneuf	56	121 km SW	763	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chailloué	61	78 km E	890	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Plounévézel	29	207 km W	1,157	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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