Bréhan

Morbihan · CC Pontivy Communauté · INSEE 56024

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bréhan (INSEE 56024) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Pontivy Communauté. Population 2,306 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56024-brehan

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 8,715 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.51	10	5.1
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GOLVET PATRICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (J.J.A.K. DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE BREIZH & GRILL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (DUCATY BAR). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN THUAL, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS THUAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GUILLERMIC CATHERINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (GUILLOUX MARIE-LENE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GOLVET PATRICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	J.J.A.K. DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	ROTISSERIE BREIZH & GRILL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	DUCATY BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	MAIRIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN THUAL, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS THUAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GUILLERMIC CATHERINE	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	BREHAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	1	GUILLOUX MARIE-LENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,885 peak 2012: 2,332 2023: 2,306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,332 (2012) → 2,306 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,284 (1990) → 2,306 (2023): 1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,106, of which 6.8 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.7 km SWPharmacy — 0.7 km W 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 (Bréhan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bréhan): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bréhan): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bréhan): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bréhan): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 25.4

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NAIZIN-INRAE weather station, 11.5 km away at 132 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NAIZIN-INRAE, 11.5 km away at 132 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

An average of 880 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NAIZIN-INRAE, 11.5 km away at 132 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56024/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56024/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56024/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56024/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56024
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
Inguiniel	56	45 km W	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Moisdon-la-Rivière	44	110 km SE	1,990	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	35	92 km NE	1,877	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Avessac	44	69 km SE	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Ploumoguer	29	156 km W	2,074	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Le Teilleul	50	144 km E	1,706	39	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Inguiniel	56	45 km W	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Avessac	44	69 km SE	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	35	92 km NE	1,877	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Moisdon-la-Rivière	44	110 km SE	1,990	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Le Teilleul	50	144 km E	1,706	39	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Ploumoguer	29	156 km W	2,074	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · 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 Bréhan'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
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	35	92 km NE	1,877	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guiscriff	56	71 km W	2,037	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Plonévez-du-Faou	29	87 km W	2,160	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Plouguenast-Langast	22	25 km N	2,380	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bourbriac	22	59 km NW	2,145	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Guégon	56	16 km SE	2,365	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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